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 Italian Police Nab Suspects in an Antiquities Smuggling Ring After a Years-Long Investigation Code-Named ‘Operation Demetra’ Suspects in at least four countries are implicated in the looting of Sicily's most famous site. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 5, 2018
Art World Amid a Wave of Repatriation, Sotheby’s Stands Its Ground Against Greece’s Claim to an 8th-Century Bronze Horse Sotheby's and the seller say that Greece hasn't provided any proof that the object was stolen. By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 2, 2018
Art and Law The Billionaire Wildenstein Art-Dealing Dynasty Is Cleared in France’s Biggest Tax-Fraud Case (Again) The Paris court of appeals has upheld the 2017 ruling acquitting the art dealing family of tax evasion and money laundering. By Naomi Rea, Jul 2, 2018
Art and Law Greece’s Prime Minister Asks Theresa May to Return the Elgin Marbles—Again Alexis Tsipras used his first official visit to the UK to restart the campaign for return of the Elgin Marbles. By Eileen Kinsella, Jun 27, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: North Korea’s Former Propaganda Artists Blast Trump-Kim Summit + More Must-Read Stories Plus, thieves trick dealer to steal a Renoir and Rubens and Christo makes a colorful splash down in London. By artnet News, Jun 13, 2018
Art World The Man Who Slashed the ‘Russian Mona Lisa’ Says Nationalist Ideology Fueled His Attack The vandal recanted an earlier claim that he attacked the painting because he drank too much vodka. By Henri Neuendorf, May 30, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Kylie Jenner Reveals Her (Predictable) Art Collection to the World + More Must-Read Stories Plus, a lost masterpiece by Antonio Canova is coming to auction and art turns out to be a great way to motivate office workers. By artnet News, May 29, 2018
Art and Law ‘It Will Have a Major Effect’: US Congressman Introduces Bill to Tighten Regulation on the Art Market But the proposal has a long way to go before it becomes law. By Eileen Kinsella, May 22, 2018
Art World Italian Police Seize $1 Million Worth of Antiquities From Roman Businessmen Some of the objects dating back to the 4th century BC were recovered after being advertised for sale on Facebook. By Naomi Rea, May 14, 2018
Art and Law A Teenage Girl Is on Trial for Plotting a Terror Attack at the British Museum The court at the Old Bailey hears that Safaa Boular, her older sister and mother plotted further Islamist attacks in central London. By Naomi Rea, May 11, 2018
Art and Law The Art World Has No Shortage of Legal Disputes. A New Court Wants to Help. The Court of Arbitration for Art, opening in June in The Hague, offers expert decisions at a fraction of the cost of the conventional system. By Kate Brown, May 9, 2018
Art and Law German Prosecutors Reject Parole for Disgraced Art Advisor Helge Achenbach He faces the prospect of serving his entire six-year sentence behind bars. By Henri Neuendorf, May 8, 2018
Art and Law US Art Dealers May Soon Be Subject to Government Financial Regulation The art world has been put on high alert with news of new government oversight. By Eileen Kinsella, May 2, 2018
Art World A Vandal Slashed a Multimillion-Dollar Christopher Wool. Turns Out it May Have Been the Owner’s Son. The mystery of the slashed Christopher Wool canvas takes an Oedipal twist. By Henri Neuendorf, May 1, 2018
