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Trial testimony reveals how one man walked off with five masterpieces worth €108m from a Paris museum

But professional burglar advises making sure you “have the resources” to pull off a similar heist “or drop the idea because it’s just too much of a headache”

Deal or no deal? Phoenix Ancient Art sues Getty over billion-dollar Greek and Roman sculpture collection

The Swiss dealership says the museum cut it out of an arrangement to show the art, but the museum says they never had a deal

Russian protest artist Pyotr Pavlensky seeks political asylum in France

The artist and his family fled the country after the opening of an investigation against him for sexual assault

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Art dynasty heir Guy Wildenstein cleared of tax fraud

Art dealer and other family members were accused of concealing paintings and properties worth hundreds of millions of euros

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Court decides former Dedalus Foundation board member was not fired for being a woman

Joan Banach’s claims that she was wrongfully terminated have been dismissed

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Appeals court upholds two-year suspended sentence for Picasso’s electrician

Stash of 271 stolen works will be returned to the artist's family

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Lawsuit over Cady Noland’s Log Cabin dismissed

But the question remains if the work can still be considered authentic, after the artist allegedly disavowed it

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Kader Attia accuses Universal Music of plagiarism over French rap video

Kendell Geers responds with open letter saying French-Algerian artist is stifling freedom of expression

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Germany appoints first Jewish members to Nazi-loot art panel

Culture minister promises greater transparency for Limbach Commission in plan approved by cabinet

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Judge cites New York law protecting art buyers in lawsuit against Zwirner Gallery

Case centres on an editioned Gazing Ball sculpture by Jeff Koons

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London’s Mayor Gallery files lawsuit against Agnes Martin catalogue raisonné

Authentication committee rejected 13 works owned by gallery clients, effectively rendering them “worthless”, according to court papers

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Verdict in Wildenstein estate case due on 12 January

Defence argued for acquittals in the tax fraud trial

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Former Knoedler director settles lawsuit with casino billionaire over fake Rothko

This is the eighth of ten legal cases brought by collectors who bought forged paintings through the now defunct gallery

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Prosecutor recommends four-year prison sentence and €250m fine for Guy Wildenstein in Paris trial

Lawyers for art dealing dynasty to present their defence next week in high-profile tax fraud and money laundering case

The Caravaggio work at the centre of the Wildenstein money-laundering trial

Painting's movements show the complicated issues around the estate of Daniel Wildenstein

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Antiques dealers arrested and $4.5m worth of ivory seized in New York

The haul was uncovered by investigators following an undercover sting operation

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Sentences handed down in high-profile case over Drouot thefts

Thirty-eight individuals were convicted and the art handler’s union was dissolved

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What we learned from the Knoedler fakes scandal

Collectors still in the dark even when experts have doubts as reports rarely published

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Instagram model and makeup artist sues Richard Prince over copyright infringement

Part of the New Portraits series, the work at the centre of the case was shown—and sold—at Frieze New York last year

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Californian artist sues over state’s Confederate flag ban

Timothy Desmond’s Civil War painting was rejected by the Fresno County Fair

Chicago judge rules Peter Doig ‘absolutely did not paint’ disputed work

The ruling brings the value of the painting at the centre of the long-running case back to nil

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Jeff Koons’s Gazing Ball sculpture at centre of legal tussle between art dealers

In new court filings, Fabrizio Moretti reveals the work he says David Zwirner has failed to deliver—and is now seeking $6m in damages

Norton Simon Museum can keep Cranachs, California judge decides

A US court has dismissed a claim to recover two paintings looted by Nazis, but collector’s heir plans to appeal

Peter Doig v Pete Doige: a case of mistaken artistic identity?

The artist is being sued for $5m by a corrections officer who says he bought a work by Doig for $100 in the 1970s

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Orlan loses plagiarism case against Lady Gaga

In the first Paris court ruling, French “carnal artist” has been ordered to pay Lady Gaga and her record label €20,000

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Russian political artist Pyotr Pavlensky released from custody with $15,000 fine

But he told reporters after the trial that he refused to pay and mocked the prosecutors’ charges of damaging cultural heritage by burning FSB doors

Third copyright lawsuit filed against Richard Prince for appropriating Sid Vicious photo

The artist is accused of using a London photographer’s image of the Sex Pistol’s bassist in an Instagram work

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Russian art historian cleared of fraud over forgery sale

Court finds Elena Basner made a mistake, but prosecutors say they will appeal

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Millions of dollars and dozens of works diverted in Ace Gallery bankruptcy case, accountant finds

In a report to the court, Sam Leslie details why he ended Douglas Chrimas’s involvement in the gallery

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Legal battle between graffiti artist and fashion label back on

Settlement collapses as discussions between Joseph Tierney, Moschino and creative director Jeremy Scott break down