Law Reversing an Earlier Decision, Marlborough Is Not Closing Its New York Gallery—But It Is Trading Lawsuits With Ousted Former President Max Levai The two sides traded lawsuits this week in Manhattan. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 17, 2020
Law In a Threat to Banksy’s Empire, an EU Court Rules That He Can’t Hold Trademarks While His Identity Remains a Mystery The ruling against the anonymous artist came in the midst of a bitter legal battle between him and a greeting-card company that used one of his images. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 17, 2020
Law In Bangladesh, Pro-Government Forces Disrupted a Protest Performance Featuring Photos by Artist Shahidul Alam Some 60 human rights activists have issued a statement condemning the action. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 14, 2020
Law The Tate Has Permanently Cut Ties With Patron Anthony d’Offay More Than Two Years After He Faced Harassment Accusations Dealer Anthony d'Offay served as one of its leading patrons over the years. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 4, 2020
Law Hackers Have Stolen Private Information From Donor Lists to 200 Institutions, Including the Smithsonian and the UK’s National Trust The Parrish Art Museum and the Corning Museum of Glass were also hit by ransomware. By Sarah Cascone, Sep 2, 2020
Law California’s Legislature Just Passed a Bill to Make It Easier for Native American Tribes to Reclaim Remains and Artifacts From Museums A California state bill that would expand repatriation rights for Native American tribes is heading to the governor's desk. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 1, 2020
Law A Union Representing Museum of Natural History Workers Is Suing the Institution Over an Allegedly Invasive Health-Screening Policy The union says the app employees are being forced to use does not comply with medical confidentiality laws. By Sarah Cascone, Aug 27, 2020
Law The 20-Year-Old Who Punched a Picasso Painting at Tate Modern as a ‘Performance’ Is Going to Jail for 18 Months “There is nothing to suggest you were anything other than a 20-year-old seeking fame,” the sentencing judge concluded. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 26, 2020
Law Artist Frank Bowling Is Locked in a Bitter Legal Battle With His Longtime Gallery Hales Over Alleged Failure to Pay The artist and the gallery are suing each other in London's High Court By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 25, 2020
Law What Happens to My Lease if My Gallery Goes Belly Up? + Other Questions About Bankruptcy in the COVID Era, Answered by Lawyers As the art world faces unprecedented challenges, two art lawyers offer a primer on bankruptcy filing and how the rules have changed. By Thomas Danziger & Charles Danziger, Aug 25, 2020
Law American Authorities Have Returned 10 Looted Antiquities Worth a Combined $1.2 Million Back to India Four years after the works were seized during New York's Asia Week, authorities formally returned them to their home country. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 20, 2020
Law A Spanish Museum Can Keep a Nazi-Looted Camille Pissarro Painting Despite Family’s Objections, an Appeals Court Rules The court lets the museum off the hook since it did not appear aware of the earlier theft. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 18, 2020
Law A Scholar and an Art Institute Are Currently Waging a Scorched-Earth Legal Battle Over Valuable Modigliani Research The Wildenstein Plattner Institute has filed a scathing response and new legal claims against Modigliani expert Marc Restellini. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 17, 2020
Law A Brooklyn Art-Storage Company Is Suing Art Dealer Fergus McCaffrey for Allegedly Failing to Pay His $145,000 Bill McCaffrey claims the company refused to let him move the gallery's work in-house. By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 11, 2020
Law The Museum of the Bible Is in Discussions With Iraq to Reach a Settlement Over Thousands of Disputed Antiquities in Its Collection The museum says that it is seeking to support Iraq with "research, exhibitions, and technical assistance projects." By Naomi Rea, Aug 11, 2020
