A New York judge previously awarded $6.75m in damages to the artists, whose graffiti was whitewashed from a Queens warehouse

Accelerated bill enabling restitution of 27 objects from French museums passes first vote in parliament

Ruling by Paris court of appeal sets an important precedent for pending restitution claim over 16 paintings in French museum collections

Isaiah Ogundele, who demonstrated outside the Museum of London, Docklands for the objects' repatriation, failed to appear at his court hearing earlier this month

A US dealer says he is owed millions by insurance brokers for 12 works that were confiscated by authorities from the Palazzo Ducale in 2017 as suspected fakes

The two organisations will work together to settle the artist’s estate and get his charitable foundation up and running in Maine

The Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of São Paulo claims it is owed $3.6m for conserving and storing around 1,600 works repossessed from bankrupt Banco Santos president Edemar Cid Ferreira

Marlborough gallery and a retired Guimet Museum curator are accused of bribery in their promotion of the artist Chu Teh-Chun—but say they broke no rules

The street artist opened a pop-up shop in Croydon last year in a bid to protect his image rights, but was found to have “acted in bad faith”

Judgment this week ruled in favour of the Financial Conduct Authority's test case seeking clarification of policies as many insurers refuse to pay out during the pandemic

The noble family, whose ancestors are depicted in the work, says Art Finance Partners should have known Timothy Sammons did not legally own the painting

Judges noted the Spanish government, which signed the Washington Principles in 1998, “can preen as moralistic in its declarations”, yet not be bound by them

A detailed report calls the trade “the largest, legal unregulated industry in the United States” and recommends increased transparency and government oversight

A new state bill expands federal rights for Indigenous groups to reclaim human remains, burial objects and other sacred artefacts from institutions

Philip Righter pleaded guilty to selling works fraudulently attributed to Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, among others

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is on trial for war crimes in Mali

The dealer was arrested by the FBI on the Pacific island Vanuatu last month and transferred into federal custody

Lawyer says Egypt breached heritage protection laws by contracting a private company to tour the artefacts

The Swiss art dealer had been accused of fraud and money laundering by the Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev—a related case in Geneva remains active

Le Palais Ducal is at the centre of an ownership dispute that has kept the work from coming to auction

Panel will consider museums' argument that a trial over rightful ownership of the Guelph Treasure cannot be heard in American courts

The artist says photographs of her canvas Bright Music II, offered for sale online, have been altered beyond recognition as her work

Parliamentary enquiry will examine how mining giant Rio Tinto obtained legal right to destroy ancient Juukan Gorge site

The work was returned to Egypt last year after officials were shown evidence it might have been looted during the Arab Spring in 2011

Accused of embezzling funds while staging a contemporary arts festival, Serebrennikov faced six years in prison but was handed a suspended sentence

A focus on long-term planning and contract law are among the chief lockdown concerns

Police say the body-positive images, accompanied by captions like ‘Real women have body fat and it’s normal,’ violate pornography laws

Employees call on the museum to take a position of neutrality in any union vote

The country's government had questioned the provenance of the artefact, forcing it to be pulled from a 2018 sale

Online project documents one year of anti-government protests in the territory and aims to rally support from international art community