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The Hopi Nation Attempts to Stop Paris Sale of Sacred Artifacts

The Hopi People, a Native American nation residing in Arizona, have asked federal officials to assist them in stopping an auction of 70 sacred masks...
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Dealer in Ancient Coins Indicted for Tax Fraud

This past Tuesday, April 2, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced that a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey returned a three-count indictment charging...
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Is Bakalar v. Vavra Heading to the Supreme Court?

This year, the Supreme Court of the United States may (or may not) grant a writ to hear a case involving Nazi-era looted art for...
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Resale Royalty: To Act Or Not To Act; US Copyright Office Issues Notice re Public Hearing

By Irina Tarsis On March 29, 2013, the United States Copyright Office published a Federal Notice 78 FR 19326 announcing the upcoming Public Hearing or a...
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Sotheby’s Controversial Sale of Pre-Columbian Artifacts Yields Low Sales Figures and Highlights the Increased Efforts of Countries to Repatriate Artifacts

Sale of pre-Columbian artifacts predominantly from the Barbier-Mueller collection, conducted over March 22-23 at Sotheby's in Paris, proved an anti-climactic end to a controversial story....
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Part I: Who Owns Street Art?

By Center for Art Law. The reference to James Cuno's Who Owns Antiquity in the title of this article is not flippant.  The rhetoric and...
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FBI with New Information on the 1990 Gardner Museum Heist?

By Irina Tarsis On March 18, 2013, the day which marked the 23rd anniversary of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Art Museum Heist, FBI announced it...
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Keith Haring Foundation v. Colored Thumb Corp.

Groupon offering a discount on the Miami Show. Just last year, Keith Haring Foundation (the "Foundation") announced its plans to disband its authentication committee either as...
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UPDATE: More Arrests in the Kunsthal Museum Theft and New Speculation that Paintings were Burned

The Eventimentul Zilei reported on March 4th that Matisse's "Reading Girl in White and Yellow," (1919) was burned. The claims are unsubstantiated. In January three Romanian men...
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Is the Metropolitan Museum Free?

There are currently two lawsuits against the Metropolitan Museum of Art, both demanding an injunction and signs that clearly state the ticket price is a...
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Appealing decision in Thompson v. Warhol (2013)

In November 2011, Supreme Court Judge in New York, Carol R. Edmead decided Thompson v. Andy Warhol Foundation Board. The Complaint brought in the case alleged...
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Will the AAMD’s Newly Updated Guidelines Lead to Substantial Change in Museum Collecting Practices?

In late January, the Association of Art Museum Directors (the AAMD) announced that it was publishing a revision to its "Guidelines on the Acquisition of...
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