Art law
Women-only art installation is 'discriminatory', Tasmanian court rules
Kirsha Kaechele's Ladies Lounge at the Museum of Old and New Art must admit men within 28 days
The Gray Market | Why contemporary dealers and collectors are monitoring an antitrust lawsuit over Birkin bags
Hermès's alleged sale strategy for the in-demand bags parallels dealers' waiting list policies, but legal experts are sceptical of the lawsuit's merits
Donald Judd’s foundation sues Kim Kardashian for trademark and copyright infringement
The lawsuit centres on minimalist tables and chairs in Kardashian's company's offices
Warhol Foundation to pay photographer $21,000 as dispute over Prince portraits ends
The case had gone all the way to the US Supreme Court, which last spring ruled in favour of the photographer Lynn Goldsmith
Frida Kahlo Corporation files trademark suit against Amazon sellers
The company that owns the anti-capitalist artist's image is embroiled in yet another legal tussle over representation
Jury sides with Sotheby's in New York fraud trial against Rybolovlev
The billionaire had sought at least $190m in damages from Sotheby's related to deals with Yves Bouvier. Instead, he will get nothing
Sotheby's and Rybolovlev’s lawyers paint contrasting pictures of culpability in fraud trial's closing arguments
The jury could return a verdict in the closely-watched lawsuit as soon as 30 January
Head of Saudi Arabia's AlUla cultural development arrested over corruption claims
Amr al-Madani is accused of “abuse of authority and money laundering“, according to local media
The Gray Market: Rybolovlev’s trial against Sotheby’s has become a slog through minutiae—and that’s good for the auction house
The art market ‘trial of the century’ has transitioned from courtroom drama to bureaucratic headache
Transparency, accountability and double standards complicate Rybolovlev's testimony in New York fraud trial
Lawyers for Sotheby's cast the Russian billionaire as a victim of his own making
US court rules Nazi-looted Pissarro painting belongs to Spain
The decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals leaves the heirs of Lilly Cassirer with few options to pursue their restitution claim
Lawyers for Rybolovlev and Sotheby's spar on first day of New York fraud trial
At issue is whether the auction house "aided and abetted" Yves Bouvier in inflating prices in four private sales
Art Market Eye | Will there be more or less work for art lawyers in 2024?
In what looks likely to be the continuation of a declining market, we may see more litigation in the art world this year
Italian court sides with Getty Museum in export dispute over Bassano painting
The Council of State dismissed the Italian culture ministry’s belated attempt to repatriate “absolute masterpiece” from the Los Angeles museum
‘Unregulated’ auction price manipulation may still be illegal
A 'nagging sense of lawlessness' persists despite the industry's periodic rebuttals
Dmitry Rybolovlev and Yves Bouvier settle nine-year legal feud
The Russian oligarch had accused the Swiss businessman of swindling him out of €1.1bn by overcharging him on art
Mystery over Agnelli dynasty’s missing art
Investigation by Italy’s broadcaster about the whereabouts of art from the late industrialist’s collection has revealed apparent widespread failure to enforce country’s cultural export rules
Cleveland Museum of Art sues the Manhattan District Attorney to retain ownership of $20m bronze statue
The museum had revised its own prior research in an apparent attempt to keep a headless sculpture believed to depict Marcus Aurelius
Collector Ron Perelman’s lawsuit against insurer over damaged art takes new turn
Court allows insurers to amend their argument, after arguing that the collector misrepresented his intention to sell “damaged” works, in $410m insurance claim
Time for the UK to adopt US-style rules on holding artists' funds
Primary-market sale proceeds should be held on trust so artists are never left out of pocket by a gallery's insolvency, writes IP and art lawyer Jon Sharples
When dealers go bust, what happens to the art they hold?
Establishing ownership and value of works can be a complicated business, as recent legal cases have shown
Artists, writers, performers and their advocates call on US Congress to ban companies from copyrighting AI-generated art
The AI Day of Action, scheduled for 2 October, comes as US officials consider whether and how to regulate material generated by artificial intelligence
San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum sues architect and construction company behind new $38m pavilion
The museum says that Why Architects and Swinerton Builders “failed to meet even the minimum museum-quality standards”
US authorities return seven Schiele works to heirs of cabaret performer murdered by the Nazis
The seven drawings, seized from public and private collections throughout the US, are collectively valued at nearly $10m
Gagosian notches victory in lawsuit brought by photographer over Richard Prince’s New Portraits series
The gallery will not have to pay Donald Graham for any “unrealised profits” related to Prince’s appropriation of the photographer’s work
Allegedly Nazi-looted Egon Schiele works valued at nearly $4m are seized at US museums
The Manhattan District Attorney’s office ordered the seizure of works at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museums and Allen Memorial Art Museum
Photo ban lifted on Picasso’s Guernica after 30 years
New museum director hopes to appeal to younger audiences though selfie sticks are still off limits
What the latest US court ruling means for AI-generated art’s copyright status
A judge said the absence of a “guiding human hand” disqualified the AI-generated image from copyright protection, but other generative art may still qualify
Hundreds of works from Los Angeles's infamous Ace Gallery to be liquidated via online auction
At least $230,000 worth of art and ephemera is being offered to repay creditors in the gallery's 2013 bankruptcy
Sculptor’s long-running lawsuit against Kevin Costner can resume, judges rule
A panel of judges found that the lawsuit, over what Costner claims is the third-largest bronze sculpture in the world, had been erroneously dismissed