Art and Law Following an 11-Year Legal Battle, Cranach’s Nazi-Looted Adam and Eve Paintings Will Remain at a California Museum The final decision in favor of the Norton Simon Museum represents a landmark ending to a complicated lawsuit that lasted over a decade. By Kate Brown, Jul 31, 2018
Art and Law Was the Met’s Prized Picasso Sold Under Duress Because of the Nazis? A New Appeal Revives an Eight-Year-Old Legal Battle The case hinges on the legal definition of the term "duress." By Sarah Cascone, Jul 30, 2018
Art and Law A German Farmer Was Just Awarded Almost $1 Million for an Ancient Roman Bronze Found on His Property After the man learned that this was no ordinary find, he sued the government to get his fair share of the value. By Kate Brown, Jul 30, 2018
Art and Law A UK Judge Rules That a $13 Million Giotto Cannot Be Exported Anywhere—Except Home to Italy The painting was originally thought to be a 19th-century copy, but the reattribution has seen its worth skyrocket. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 26, 2018
Art and Law Two Iranian-American Art Dealers Jailed in Tehran Have Been Freed on $10 Million Bail Karan Vafadari and Afarin Neyssari were sentenced in January on espionage and other charges. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 25, 2018
Art and Law A $1.2 Million Ancient Persian Sculpture Seized From TEFAF New York Must Be Returned to Iran, Judge Rules Investigators showed that the work was looted and smuggled from the country in the 1930s. By Henri Neuendorf, Jul 24, 2018
Art and Law China Abruptly Evicts Galleries in a Beijing Arts District to Make Way for ‘Immediate Demolition’ Ai Weiwei helped develop the Caochangdi arts district that's now in peril. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 23, 2018
Art and Law Did Marlborough Gallery Steal One of China’s Greatest Artists? An Appeals Court Must Decide A long-running dispute between Enrico Navarra and Marlborough centers on whether one gallery interfered with the other's exclusive contract. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 18, 2018
Art and Law Worried About What GDPR Means for the Art World? Lawyers Answer 11 Questions About the Hair-Raising New Legislation Art lawyers Thomas and Charles Danziger answer the most frequently asked questions about the EU's new privacy legislation. By Thomas and Charles Danziger, Jul 17, 2018
Art and Law A Petition Calling on MoMA PS1 to Change Its ‘Discriminatory Policies’ Against Mothers Gains 18,000 Signatures Curator Nikki Columbus filed a lawsuit against the museum for rescinding a job offer after she mentioned that she had a baby. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 16, 2018
Art and Law The FBI Has Recovered a Crimson Robert Motherwell Painting Stolen 40 Years Ago by a Moving Man The theft was an inside job. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 12, 2018
Art and Law Why One of Justice Kennedy’s Final Decisions Could Cost the Art World Millions of Dollars How a ruling on taxes in South Dakota might affect dealers nationwide. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 11, 2018
Art and Law Ending a Seven-Year Dispute, a US Court Rules That Artists Aren’t Entitled to Royalties for Artworks Resold at Auction The Ninth Circuit ruled that US Copyright law trumps a California law requiring payment of royalties to artists. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 9, 2018
Art and Law A Curator Accuses MoMA PS1 of Discrimination for Rescinding a Job Offer After Learning She Had a Baby Nikki Columbus says PS1's Peter Eleey told her a previous curator was "much less present" after she had a child. By Sarah Cascone, Jul 9, 2018
Art and Law Another Russian Billionaire Is Suing His Swiss Art Dealer for Allegedly Inflating Prices and Pocketing the Extra The collector says he was inspired to sue after discovering the ongoing legal dispute between Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier. By Naomi Rea, Jul 9, 2018
