By Laura Michiko Kaiser. A high-profile Nazi-era restitution claim has been making waves since the United States Supreme Court issued its decision on February 3,...

By David Jenkins. The University of Oklahoma and the Musée d’Orsay have found themselves at the heart of a legal dispute over the fate of...

By Laura Michiko Kaiser. Marano v. Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 19-CV-8606, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 122515 (S.D.N.Y. July 13, 2020). Art galleries, museums, and...

By David Jenkins. On December 21, 2020 the U.S. Congress passed a COVID-19 relief bill unlocking stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment benefits, and education funding. It...

By Eve Gatenby. Most Frans Hals portraits have a kind of swagger to them that suggests that they are enjoying a good joke at the...

By SaBreigha Dixon. Abbott Laboratories v. Feinberg, No. 1:18-cv-08468 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 9, 2020). At the heart of this case involving both art theft and forgery...

By Angélie Pompée. Andre Derain, Paysage à Cassis (1907); La Chapelle Sous Crécy (1910); Pinède, Cassis (1907); The Gimpel Gallery in Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, around 1900....

By Olivia Baker. Forgeries have undeniable adverse effects on the art world. Some forgers have avoided being discovered and others have luckily been caught, Phillip...

By Lucy Siegel. In his recent publication, A Philosophy Guide to Street Art and the Law (Brill Research Perspectives, 2018), philosophy and art theory professor...

By Sara Osinski. Alexander Calder (“Calder”) was a renowned American sculptor, famous for his wire sculptures and “mobiles,” which are a “type of kinetic art...