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Tasmania's supreme court overturns ruling that saw women-only art installation shut down
The controversial work, Ladies Lounge, at the Museum of Old and New Art made headlines when a visitor complained after being excluded from visiting the all-female space
British artist faces criminal investigation in Germany over social media posts
The artist is facing prosecution over his 2022 social media posts, amidst a surge in cancellations of pro-Palestinian voices
US judge rejects Nazi-loot claim to Van Gogh Sunflowers painting owned by Japanese company
After almost two years, the case has been dismissed due to a lack of jurisdiction, so the work will remain at the Sompo Museum of Art in Tokyo
Kehinde Wiley says he will take legal action to clear his name after fellow artist accuses him of sexual assault
The US artist has been accused of sexually assaulting British-Ghanaian Joseph Awuah-Darko in 2021
Should Marina Abramović exhibitions be rethought for the 21st century?
A lawsuit relating to a MoMA show has raised questions around performer safety
The Week in Art podcast | Inigo Philbrick and art world fraud, Hong Kong’s new security law, a Maharaja’s sword
Is a return for the disgraced art dealer that unthinkable? Plus, how Article 23 might impact the art sector, and a closer look at a royal weapon coming on show in London
Will Rybolovlev’s courtroom loss be the art market’s gain?
Experts predict few operational changes after Sotheby’s wins fraud trial
‘The pendulum keeps tightening’: what Hong Kong’s new security law could mean for the art world
Article 23 introduces 39 new kinds of security crimes and stipulates life sentences for sabotage, treason and insurrection
How we should regulate AI is the trillion-dollar question
With cases of breaches to artists' copyright escalating, an international framework is vital
US Air Force officer arrested for alleged NFT fraud
An active-duty senior airman was detained for his role in a scheme overhyping the value of NFTs
New York City Council bill calls for an accounting of all monuments to beneficiaries of slavery
The bill, currently under review by Mayor Eric Adams's administration, renews conversations about the role of public statues that lionise America's history of slavery
US drag show laws are a threat to artistic freedom and an attack on LGBTQ communities, say critics
A wave of local and state legislation “protecting” minors from drag shows has been denounced as a morally subjective, an anti-queer dog whistle, and likely to lead to the censorship of performance art
Poet and translator to sue British Museum for copyright and moral rights infringement
Vancouver-based Yilin Wang has raised more than £15,000 via Crowd Justice to begin legal proceedings
New York's Spring art bonanza: the shows, the sales, the fairs
Plus, the Richard Prince copyright case and Sarah Sze in London
June trial date set for Russian artist who leaked sex video of President Emmanuel Macron’s ‘right-hand man’
Pyotr Pavlensky created his Pornopolitics work in response to the video and now faces up to two years in prison for publishing sexual content without the participants' consent
New York court dismisses case over ownership of ‘world’s first NFT’ sold for $1.5m at Sotheby’s
Lawsuit is one of the first in the US to examine how blockchain technology affects the ownership of digital art
'Like being on display in a zoo': judges rule in favour of luxury flat owners living next to Tate Modern in battle over privacy
Landmark Supreme Court ruling finds Tate Modern's viewing platform as private nuisance to luxury flat owners it overlooks
Was Van Gogh's olive grove landscape another Nazi-era 'forced sale'?
We uncover the tangled tale of the painting controversially sold off by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1972 and now in an Athens museum
Police raid on East London multi-arts complex Antepavilion declared unlawful by High Court
Four people were arrested and released without charge in June 2021, but no information has been publicly provided about why the raid was carried out
Peter Doig awarded $2.5m in sanctions following legal saga over prison painting
The lawsuit centred on the authorship of a desert landscape painting signed “Pete Doige” and created by an inmate at a Canadian prison
House of Lords report slams UK government’s 'complacent' and 'incoherent' approach to the arts
Committee warns the future of Britain as a cultural leader is at risk
Van Gogh's Tokyo Sunflowers: Was it a Nazi forced sale? And is the painting now worth $250m?
Bought for a Japanese museum in 1987, the masterpiece has just been claimed by the heirs of a Jewish Berlin banker
Moscow-based architect, who built ‘Putin’s Palace’, refuses to return to Italy to face trial
Italian Lanfranco Cirillo—whose 150-strong art collection was seized last year—will be tried in absentia by an Italian court next month for tax and money laundering crimes
New online safety laws aim to protect children—but will they harm artists?
As the UK’s troubled Online Safety Bill finally looks set to become law, there are still concerns about whether it will get the balance between online safety and censorship right
US laws meant to stop sex trafficking are making it difficult for artists to promote and sell their art online
A set of ambiguous laws has pushed platforms to refuse service to artists whose work includes nude imagery or could be construed as sexual
Hilma af Klint’s family criticises the NFT sale of the artist’s sacred paintings
The Swedish artist's family say the digital drop contradicts the artist’s will and goes against her artistic intentions
The five year warranty on the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo is about to run out—could the buyer have asked for their money back?
Warranties of authenticity offered to buyers can be hard to enforce when auctioneers can fall back on the “generally accepted opinion of scholars and experts”
UK heritage minister says government has no plans to amend law that prevents museums from 'disposing' of objects
The 1983 National Heritage Act was debated in the House of Lords—but the issue of reform will be further discussed ahead of its 40-year anniversary in May 2023
NFTs use 'smart' contracts—but what exactly are they?
The sale of works on the blockchain inscribes "promises" within the code—but it is not that simple
Italian Police seize assets worth $144m—including works of art—from ‘Putin’s Palace’ architect
Lanfranco Cirillo, who is currently in Moscow, is under investigation for tax crimes