Case Law Corner
Keeping track of lawsuits involving artworks, cultural property, artists’ estates, galleries, etc.
Dear Visitor,
The Case Law Corner Database is available to our subscribers only. For access, please log in or become a premium member.
$70
/per year
Case Law Corner
See All Benefits
Read case law summaries and enjoy unlimited access to our legendary Case Law Corner. Stay tuned to the new and improved Database in 2024.
$150
/per year
Annual Subscription
See All Benefits
- Access to all articles and past-event recordings
- Access to Case Law Corner
- Free and discounted access to events
- Discounts to third-party events
Already a premium member? Sign in
Our Case Review Articles
“Shhhhhh”: Kat Von D and Tattoo Fan Art – Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg (2021)
April 16, 2024
Case Review: RF and Bulatov v. Tsvetkova and other charges against an artist
April 8, 2024
Appropriation or Art? Court Orders Richard Prince to Pay Damages in Highly Anticipated Copyright Lawsuit
February 28, 2024
AI and Artists’ IP: Unpacking Copyright Infringement Allegations in Andersen v. Stability AI Ltd.
February 26, 2024
Diversity-Fraud: Accent Delight v. Sotheby’s
February 15, 2024
Case Review: Reif, et al. v. The Art Institute of Chicago (2023)
February 13, 2024
Case Review: Thaler v. Perlmutter (2023)
December 11, 2023
Case Review: The Barnes Foundation can now loan art (2023)
October 13, 2023
Case Review: Free Holdings v. McCoy and Sotheby’s (2023)
September 12, 2023
Protection of Cultural Icons: Implications of the Galleria dell’Accademia v. Edizioni Conde Nast Decision
August 30, 2023
Case Review: Yuga Labs, Inc. v. Ripps, et al., 2:22-cv-04355 (C.D. Cal. April 21, 2023)
August 21, 2023
Copyright Registration for AI Generated Works: Zarya of the Dawn and the Dawn of a New…
July 6, 2023
Langford and the Pandora Papers: The Flaws Uncovered in the Art World
June 9, 2023
Case Review: Roberts v. Richard Beavers Gallery et al (2022) – on Artistic Tradition and Copyright…
May 29, 2023
Case Review: The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi
December 10, 2022
Degrees of Transformation: Andy Warhol’s 102 minutes of fame before the Supreme Court
November 17, 2022
Case Review: US v. Philbrick (2022)
November 7, 2022
Case Review: Art Works, Inc. v. Diana Al-Hadid
November 3, 2022
Appropriation Art on Trial: Oral Arguments before the Supreme Court in Warhol v. Goldsmith
October 22, 2022
Case Review: Cassirer et. al. v. Thyssen Bornemisza Collection Foundation (2022)
May 27, 2022
Legacy and Lawsuits: An Overview of the Robert Indiana Estate Court Battles
May 26, 2022
A Case of Forgeries at the Herbert Hoover
December 20, 2021
Case Review: Republic of Turkey v. Christie’s Inc. (2021)
December 2, 2021
Case Review: Lanier v. Harvard (2021)
July 27, 2021
Subhash Kapoor: A Decade in Review
July 13, 2021
Case Review: German Advisory Commission’s Recommendation in Rieger v. City of Cologne (2021)
June 29, 2021
Case Review: Distorted Image, Secret Dealings, and New York Artists Authorship Act (2020-2021)
May 26, 2021
A Blow to Pop Art: Case Review of Warhol v. Goldsmith (2021)
May 10, 2021
Case Review: Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp (2021)
May 3, 2021
Oklahoma to France and Back Again? A Case of Split-Custody of Nazi-Looted Art
April 12, 2021
Case Review: Rock’n’Roll, Museums, and Copyright Law (2020)
March 19, 2021
Making a Case for the CASE Act
March 1, 2021
Case Review: A Last Laugh from Frans Hals (UK)
February 26, 2021
Case Review: Abbott Labs v. Feinberg (2020)
February 16, 2021
Case Review: René Gimpel’s Heirs Fight for Restitution by French Museums (2020)
February 1, 2021
Case Review: U.S. v. Righter (FL/CA, 2020)
November 9, 2020
Book Review: “A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law” (2018)
October 6, 2020
Case Review: Meaders v. Helwaser (2020)
August 18, 2020
Case Review: Barnet et al v. Ministry of Culture and Sports of the Hellenic Republic (2020)
August 3, 2020
Remembering Modigliani: Italy’s Ongoing Battle against Forgery
July 17, 2020
Case Review: Is There HOPE for the Estate of Robert Indiana?
June 9, 2020
Case Review: Allen v. Cooper (2020)
May 11, 2020
Case Review: Republic of Turkey v. Christie’s
April 30, 2020
Case Review of the 5Pointz Appeal: Castillo et al. v. G&M Realty L.P. (2020)
March 2, 2020
Case Review: The Mayor Gallery v. Agnes Martin Catalogue Raisonné
November 12, 2019
Two for the Price of One: Recent US Legal Developments in Nazi-Looted Art
October 8, 2019
Case Review: Takeaways from Mary Boone’s Day in Court
June 21, 2019
Case Review: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
June 12, 2019
Case Review: de Csepel v. Republic of Hungary
May 3, 2019
Case Review: Warhol v. Goldsmith
December 5, 2018
Case Review: Droit de suite… not so sweet
September 27, 2018
Case Review: Sotheby’s v. Greece
September 24, 2018
May Flash: Basqui-what?
June 7, 2018
Around the Block Ruling in 5Pointz
April 10, 2018
Blockage Discounts and Artists’ Estates: The De Kooning Post-Mortem
March 28, 2018
Rights: Investigating and Prosecuting Kleptocracy in Malaysia
February 27, 2018
The Making of the Moral Rights Case: The Factual and Legal Background of the 5Pointz Trial
November 5, 2017
Case Review: Maestracci v. Helly Nahmad Gallery Inc. (2014)
June 12, 2017
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Covenants Not to Compete Between Auction Houses
June 3, 2016
Suing Cargo Largo, Pak Mail and UPS in Florida for Art Theft
April 1, 2016
Case Preview: Andy Warhol Foundation v. Bugarin
March 15, 2016
Case Review: Christie’s v. Jombihis
March 14, 2016
Case Review: Rauschenberg Estate Saga of Trust and Fees Explained, Again
February 17, 2016
Case Review: Galin v. Kunitake Hamada (2015), or Legal Storm over “Ice Storm”
November 12, 2015
Case Review: Foster v. Svenson (2015)
May 29, 2015
Case Review: Rybolovlev v. Bouvier
April 7, 2015
Case Review: Red Rothko Suit, a.k.a. Hoffman v. L&M Arts (TX)
February 4, 2015
Rockwell-not Case Review: Knispel v. Gallery 63 Antiques
January 13, 2015
Case Review: David Toren v. Federal Republic of Germany and Free State of Bavaria – Task…
October 31, 2014
Rauschenberg Estate Saga of Trust and Fees Explained
October 29, 2014
Case Review: Crile v. Commission of Internal Revenue
October 22, 2014
Case Review: United States v. Twenty-Nine Pre-Columbian and Colonial Artifacts, From Peru
October 6, 2014
Case Review: Karlsson v. Mangan
August 22, 2014
Case Review: US v. Mask of Ka-Nefer-Nefer (8th Cir.)
August 11, 2014
Case Review: Frank Kolodny v. James Meyer, Fred Dorfman, and Dorfman Projects LLC (May 2014)
July 8, 2014
Case Review: Schoeps v. Free State of Bavaria (June. 2014)
July 7, 2014
Case Review: Scher v. Stendhal Gallery, Inc., et al.
May 19, 2014
Case Review: Caterbetti v. Bloomgarden, et al
May 8, 2014
Basquiat sightings, or Case Review: Heriveaux v. Christies, Inc.
March 25, 2014
Case Review: Bilinski v. the Keith Haring Foundation
March 17, 2014
Case Review: Photographer v. Artist (2013)
January 14, 2014
Case Preview: Meyer v. Bd. of Regents of the U. of Oklahoma, or How long will…
November 26, 2013
Case Preview: Lonny Marrow v. Jacob Javits Center, et al.
November 18, 2013
Case Preview: Janney-Pace v. Metropolitan Fine Arts & Antiques
October 8, 2013
Statkun v. Gasser and Grunert: Another VARA Claim on the Table in the Southern District of…
September 8, 2013
“What’s in a Name?” Peter Paul Biro v. Condé Nast for Defamation
May 20, 2013
Lagrange v. Knoedler — SETTLED
November 2, 2012
Case Review: the Seven-Year Saga of Bakalar v. Vavra Comes to an End
October 18, 2012
Footnote: Supreme Court Declines Review of Black Swan Case
May 17, 2012
Case Review: Louis Vuitton v. Takashi Murakami
March 9, 2010
Grosz heirs vs MoMA case dismissed
February 4, 2010