Franco-American scion of art dealing dynasty was accused of hiding art and other property worth hundreds of millions of euros from French authorities

A spokesman for Traffic, the leading researchers of trade in endangered species, says it is the Asian market that drives the poaching, not the Western market

After offering to return a work looted by the Nazis in exchange for his family’s former real estate, Khochinsky was placed under house arrest in New York and faced a 10-year prison sentence in Poland

Steven Tananbaum sued the artist and gallery in April for failing to deliver works he bought in 2014

An image of his Chicago sculpture Cloud Gate was used in a video by the gun lobby that the artist says “seeks to whip up fear and hate”

“I cannot imagine where a terracotta life-size horse head could come from in antiquity,” a specialist says

An Italian judge has found that the work was discovered in Italian water, despite decades of rulings to the contrary

Report commissioned by Amsterdam city council finds that she complied with Dutch regulations

But the watercolours are currently at the centre of a closely watched restitution lawsuit

Paris court decision ends legal saga that began in 1991, when the artist died without an heir

Despite controversy over public art project in Calgary, Derek Michael Besant has been commissioned to create a similar work in Ottawa

Leader of powerful Hindu organisation has threatened nationwide protests if long-awaited ruling "goes against Hindus' faith"

Belinda Neumann-Donnelly claims the work could have made an extra $15m if Hubert Neumann had not tried to block its sale

"This may raise many important Holocaust issues for the French market," Christie’s says

A case of man bites dog: auction house turns the tables on Greek government after it was forced to withdraw the figure from New York sale in May

An Israeli art historian has spent 20 years trawling the country’s archives for Palestinian cultural property

Object was returned to consigner not museum from where it was looted at the end of Second World War

There appear to be no winners in what the Arts Council refers to as an “extremely unusual” case

Dmitry Rybolovlev's $450m windfall from Salvator Mundi sale undermined fraud allegation, report says, but criminal cases against Bouvier in Europe are ongoing

Laurent and Olivier Kraemer charged with organised fraud and money laundering in ongoing investigation over so-called "fake Boulles"

It is business as usual, says the organisation’s director, as its founder, Ziyavudin Magomedov, remains in custody awaiting trial on racketeering charges

Lacy Doyle hid millions of dollars in inheritance in a Swiss bank account, US Attorney says

The legal tussle escalated recently with a controversial Barbie doll modelled on the Mexican artist and feminist icon’s image

The forthcoming Court of Arbitration for Art could cut costs and time, add anonymity

The court has ordered that Ezra Chowaiki forfeit over $16.6m as well as works by Picasso, Calder, Chagall and Degas

New York law firm warns galleries that legislation could mean new compliance and reporting regime

While artists and museums embrace futuristic tools, legal experts point to a number of pitfalls with cutting-edge work

Steven Tananbaum has paid $13m for three sculptures over a five-year period but still has not received any of the works

A New York State judge’s decision keeps a claim on Seated Man with a Cane alive

The heirs' attorney describes ruling as step closer to recovering "largest mass-theft in history," but Richard Nagy plans to appeal