Law Lisa Schiff’s Art Could Be Liquidated to Settle Her Debts. Attorneys Are Squabbling Over What It’s Worth Two paintings by Ann Craven are at the center of the latest tussle in the ongoing legal battle. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 25, 2023
Law An Elderly French Man’s Rare Leonardo Drawing Has Been Granted an Export License After He Declined a $10.6 Million Offer From the Louvre France's Culture Ministry had deemed the work a national treasure and attempted to buy it. By Adam Schrader, Oct 24, 2023
Law The Cleveland Museum of Art Is Suing the Manhattan D.A. Over the Seizure of a $20 Million Statue Allegedly Looted From Turkey The museum is asserting it is the rightful owner of the sculpture. By Adam Schrader, Oct 20, 2023
Law Established New York Dealer Revealed as Antiquities Trafficker in Ongoing U.S. Probe to Identify and Return Stolen Cultural Artifacts Prosecutors lay out the trail of dozens of works stolen from Greece, Italy, and Turkey. By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 17, 2023
Law A French Court Has Sentenced Artist-Provocateur Pyotr Pavlensky to Prison for Leaking Private Footage of a Paris Mayoral Candidate Benjamin Griveaux ended his mayoral campaign after footage of him appeared on the Russian artist’s website in 2020. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 13, 2023
Law A Storage Facility Sold Off a $39,000 Antique Writing Desk and Other Heirlooms After an Elderly New Yorker Forgot to Pay the Bill Samurai armor, Persian rugs, and over 1,000 books were among his belongings. By Adam Schrader, Oct 12, 2023
Law Documents Shed New Light on Leon Black’s Eight-Figure Art Deals—And How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Him Avoid Taxes A representative for Black insists the deals were "legal and appropriate." By Eileen Kinsella, Oct 10, 2023
Law The U.K. Is Rolling Out a New ‘Retain and Explain’ Policy Regarding Its Controversial Public Statues British artist Hew Locke, whose past work has engaged with controversial public statues, weighed in on the new guidelines. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Oct 10, 2023
Law French Prosecutors Ask a Paris Court to Send Art Tycoon Guy Wildenstein to Prison and Pay Hundreds of Millions in Fines The art dealer is accused of money laundering and tax evasion on a colossal scale. By Rachel Corbett, Oct 4, 2023
Law Will Banksy’s Identity Finally Be Unmasked in a Defamation Lawsuit Brought by a U.K. Greeting Card Company? The company's claim is the latest volley in a long-running trademark dispute with the anonymous artist. By Adam Schrader, Oct 3, 2023
Law An Elderly Couple Sold a ‘Worthless’ African Mask for $157. Now They Are Suing the Buyer Who Auctioned It for $4.4 Million The couple has accused a local antiques dealer of cheating them out of a fair price for the rare object. By Adam Schrader, Oct 3, 2023
Law The Asian Art Museum in San Francisco Is Suing the Architects Behind Its Major Expansion, Alleging Work of ‘Inadequate Quality’ The museum claims the pavilion required costly repairs before it could even open. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 2, 2023
Law Another A.I.-Generated Artwork Was Denied Copyright Protection, Adding a New Knot to the Complexities of Creative Ownership This is but the latest blow to A.I. artists claiming copyright for their creations. By Adam Schrader, Sep 26, 2023
Law NFT Artist Scores Big Win in Multimillion Dollar Contract Dispute Over a Blank Space The plaintiff's contract with artist Coolman Coffeedan contained a "fatal" error, the court said. By Eileen Kinsella, Sep 22, 2023
Law Seven Nazi-Looted Egon Schiele Artworks Have Been Returned to the Heirs of a Jewish Collector in a Precedent-Setting Move The Schiele pieces were handed over today in an event organized by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 20, 2023
