In what looks likely to be the continuation of a declining market, we may see more litigation in the art world this year

The Council of State dismissed the Italian culture ministry’s belated attempt to repatriate “absolute masterpiece” from the Los Angeles museum

A 'nagging sense of lawlessness' persists despite the industry's periodic rebuttals

The Russian oligarch had accused the Swiss businessman of swindling him out of €1.1bn by overcharging him on art

Investigation by Italy’s broadcaster about the whereabouts of art from the late industrialist’s collection has revealed apparent widespread failure to enforce country’s cultural export rules

The museum had revised its own prior research in an apparent attempt to keep a headless sculpture believed to depict Marcus Aurelius

Court allows insurers to amend their argument, after arguing that the collector misrepresented his intention to sell “damaged” works, in $410m insurance claim

Primary-market sale proceeds should be held on trust so artists are never left out of pocket by a gallery's insolvency, writes IP and art lawyer Jon Sharples

Establishing ownership and value of works can be a complicated business, as recent legal cases have shown

The AI Day of Action, scheduled for 2 October, comes as US officials consider whether and how to regulate material generated by artificial intelligence

The museum says that Why Architects and Swinerton Builders “failed to meet even the minimum museum-quality standards”

The seven drawings, seized from public and private collections throughout the US, are collectively valued at nearly $10m

The gallery will not have to pay Donald Graham for any “unrealised profits” related to Prince’s appropriation of the photographer’s work

The Manhattan District Attorney’s office ordered the seizure of works at the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Museums and Allen Memorial Art Museum

New museum director hopes to appeal to younger audiences though selfie sticks are still off limits

A judge said the absence of a “guiding human hand” disqualified the AI-generated image from copyright protection, but other generative art may still qualify

At least $230,000 worth of art and ephemera is being offered to repay creditors in the gallery's 2013 bankruptcy

A panel of judges found that the lawsuit, over what Costner claims is the third-largest bronze sculpture in the world, had been erroneously dismissed

Recent high-profile cases, such as those of Daniel Elie Bouaziz and Angela Gulbenkian, demonstrate that lengths of sentences vary widely, with little consistency in judges’ reasoning

Vancouver-based Yilin Wang has raised more than £15,000 via Crowd Justice to begin legal proceedings

In-demand artists and their galleries are exploring creative legal solutions alongside measures improving resale restrictions' likelihood of enforceability

The judge dismissed a suit brought by artist Joe Morford claiming he had made the original taped-banana work in 2001

Heirs claim they were loaned and want them back; the museum says decision not yet made

The annual gathering organised by the American Law Institute and co-sponsored by the Smithsonian took place recently in Philadelphia

Plus, the Richard Prince copyright case and Sarah Sze in London

The case, which pitted the Andy Warhol Foundation against photographer Lynn Goldsmith, may have major repercussions for artists who build upon others’ work

New York judge says the appropriation artist's New Portraits series does not achieve the level of transformation necessary to shield him from litigation

Artist Brian Donnelly first filed the lawsuit against Dylan Joy An Leong Yi Zhi in 2021

The US Copyright Office has eased its stance in new guidelines, and a decision on a comic book created using artificial intelligence

A former OpenSea employee has been accused of insider trading; the outcome of the case may change the meaning of that phrase forever