Art law

How prevalent is money laundering in the art world?

April's federal charges against the New York dealer Helly Nahmad included that he worked "to launder tens of millions of dollars on behalf of the illegal gambling business." While Nahmad has pleaded... MORE

Published online: 13 May 2013

 
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Prince copyright infringement case rolls on

Lawyer for photographer plans to file papers that could lay the groundwork for an appeal to the Supreme Court

Published online: 09 May 2013

Former Juventus footballer caught up in stolen Chagall case

Roberto Bettega is not suspected of any wrongdoing, but is a claimant in the case against a Bologna dealer

Published online: 30 April 2013

Judge says Sid Vicious street art breaks copyright

Mr Brainwash works are "not transformative"

Published online: 30 April 2013

Canadian government funds research on Holocaust-era art

As the country starts its term leading an international alliance, six museums receive $190,000 for provenance project

Published online: 29 April 2013

US court rules in favour of Richard Prince in copyright appeal

A three-judge panel finds that most of the works in the artist’s “Canal Zone” series, which include appropriated images of Jamaican Rastafarians by the photographer Patrick Cariou, are “transformative”

Published online: 25 April 2013