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
Law & Politics 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
Law & Politics 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
Law & Politics 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
Law & Politics 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
Law & Politics Art Dealers Push Back Against the European Union’s New Money-Laundering Regulations Dealers will now have to verify the identity of clients buying work for €10,000 or more. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 30, 2018
Law & Politics Antiques Trade Groups Sue to Strike Down New York’s ‘Restrictive’ Ivory Law Dealers argue that state law conflicts with federal rules. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 23, 2018
Law & Politics An Expert Flagged Two Antiquities Headed for Sale as Suspicious. What Happened Next Reveals Why the Antiquities Market Is So Treacherous Christie's recent antiquities sale underscores just how complicated it is to prove certain works are illicit. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 23, 2018
Art World ‘They Should Be in Jail’: Artists Accuse Dealers at Los Angeles’s CB1 Gallery of Fraud One artist says Clyde Beswick and Jason Chang run a “Trump style operation.” By Brian Boucher, Apr 17, 2018
Art World The FBI Has Cracked the 30-Year-Old Case of a Stolen Marc Chagall The robbery of an octogenarian couple was likely an inside job. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 12, 2018
Analysis Art Thieves Prefer Sculpture Over Paintings and 4 Other Revelations From Interpol’s Art Theft Database One part of the world seems to be generating the most demand for stolen artworks. By Kate Brown, Apr 6, 2018
Law & Politics The Met Will Return Looted Statues of Sages and Goddesses to Both India and Nepal Two separate agreements will see the famed museum return an ancient Hindu goddess sculpture, a stele, and a Standing Buddha. By Sarah Cascone, Apr 5, 2018
Art World Art Industry News: Marina Abramović Plans to Electrify Herself With One Million Volts + More Must-Read Stories Plus, four works of art go missing inside French parliament and Brad Pitt is hard at work as a furniture designer. By Artnet News, Apr 5, 2018
Law & Politics The Decades-Long Dispute Over Millions of Dollars in Art Owned by Filipino Dictator Ferdinand Marcos Is Going to Trial The battle over artwork owned by the notorious dictator and his wife Imelda Marcos may finally be moving forward. By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 3, 2018
