"Over Vitebsk" by Marc Chagall hung at the Museum of Modern Art for decades until 2020, when it was restituted to the the heirs of a Jewish-owned art gallery in 1930s Berlin
A federal judge in California has blocked an attempt by several AI companies to have portions of a copyright case dismissed
A father who sustained a fracture during a visit to the immersive attraction in Manhattan in 2023 is suing the company for unspecified damages
The unusual move halted a court-ordered auction of around 1,400 objects for the second time in four months
The charges, brought by the office of the Attorney for the Southern District of New York, signal a commitment to pursuing wide-ranging cryptocurrency cases
Susanna Blunt alleges the dealer Benjamin Lumb promised to compensate her for a stolen piece and knocked over several works in a “domino effect”
A former board member wrote to the office of New York Attorney General Letitia James about the legal dispute, though no investigation is currently planned
Virginia Brilliant accuses the dealers of "repeatedly, regularly and constantly making misogynistic, antisemitic, racist and homophobic comments" and more
After almost two years, the case has been dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction, so the work will remain at the Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo
The complaint, filed on 3 June by a Dallas-based customer, is the latest problem for the auction house following a major cyberattack
The lawsuit stems from the accidental restitution of the wrong painting in the immediate aftermath of the Second World War
Recently unsealed court filings show 71 works by artists like Basquiat, Twombly and Giacometti were unloaded over a two-year period
It appears the museum’s own employees were unaware of the policy that “parents are free to nurse children wherever”
Nina Sanders claims she was hired as a consultant for the team to “pacify resistance” to the Chicago Blackhawks’ use of a Native American name and imagery
Nearly 50 workers have signed a petition raising doubts over safety in what is the first ever class action against the Vatican
Heirs of multiple Holocaust victims have made claims to the drawing, which a member of the Lehman Brothers banking dynasty bought as a gift for his son
Two giants of the image generation industry rejected copyright infringement claims from artists who allege their work was used to train an AI tool
Stalemate in the dispute over the fate of Miss’s Land art environment in Des Moines, Iowa
A temporary restraining order against the Des Moines Art Center after artist Mary Miss sued to block the dismantling of her outdoor work
Municipal officials recently approved the Des Moines Art Center’s plans to demolish “Greenwood Pond: Double Site”
The firm is winding down its operations globally and will sell off an estimated $250m of art
Denise Lewis claims she was fired “without cause or warning” after she complained about the Museum of Arts and Design's director's alleged use of the institution’s funds for personal expenses during a vacation in Mexico
The case had gone all the way to the US Supreme Court, which last spring ruled in favour of the photographer Lynn Goldsmith
The company that owns the anti-capitalist artist's image is embroiled in yet another legal tussle over representation
He has received a four year prison sentence and been fined €1m for concealing from authorities a massive art collection to avoid paying inheritance tax
Frankenthaler's nephew has accused the foundation, which terminated his board position last spring, of "extensive self-dealing"
The jury could return a verdict in the closely-watched lawsuit as soon as 30 January
The nearly decade-long dispute over Prince's "New Portraits" series has ended with the artist and his galleries ordered to pay the photographers $900,000
John Bonafede, one of the artists who “reperformed” Abramović’s work for the show, claims he was sexually assaulted seven times during its run
Since it was raided in 2022 by the FBI, which seized 25 purported Basquiat works, the museum’s legal and communications costs have surged while public and private support slowed