New York Times: "U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Medieval Treasure Bought by Nazis" - Jul 10, 2020
The Guelph Treasure was acquired by a German state collection in 1935 from a consortium of Jewish art dealers. Their descendants say the sale was forced, but a Berlin museum claims the deal was fair.
Law360: "Museum Willfully Blind To Nazi-Stolen Art, 9th Circ. Told" - Jul 7, 2020
A California federal judge erred by finding that a Spanish museum owns a Camille Pissarro painting because it didn't have "actual knowledge" that Nazis looted it, David Boies of Boies Schiller Flexner LLP argued to the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday on behalf of family from whom the work was stolen.
Law360: "NY Firm Wants Malpractice Suit Over Botched Art Sale Tossed" - Jul 6, 2020
A New York federal court should toss a malpractice suit against an Empire State-based law firm, as its former client fails to establish that the attorneys botched an underlying case involving stolen artwork, the firm argued Monday.
Art Newspaper: "Anatole Shagalov must pay Sotheby's $2m for Keith Haring painting, judge rules" - Jul 3, 2020
Sotheby’s has won a $2m summary judgement in its lawsuit against the art dealer Anatole Shagalov of Nature Morte gallery of Great Neck, New York (no relation to the Delhi gallery).
Reuters: "U.S. Supreme Court takes up Germany's appeal in Nazi art dispute" - Jul 2, 2020
The United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal by Germany and the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz (SPK) seeking to dismiss the restitution claim by the heirs to the so-called Guelph Treasure.
Art Newspaper: "American collector to sue France over restitution of $1.7m Pissarro painting" - Jul 2, 2020
The European Court of Human Rights is being called to examine an order by the French High Court for the restitution of a looted landscape painting by Camille Pissarro.
Art Newspaper: "Colour balance: painter Pat Lipsky sues over digitally ‘distorted’ images of her work" - Jul 2, 2020
Pat Lipsky filed a lawsuit on Monday against New York’s Spanierman Gallery and the online art sales platform Artspace, complaining that the images they are using to sell a 1969 painting she made have been digitally lightened beyond recognition as her work.
Bloomberg: "US Seeks Seizure of Fugitive Low's Paris Apartment, Art Work" - Jul 1, 2020
U.S. prosecutors expanded their effort to seize assets that fugitive Low Taek Jho allegedly bought with money stolen from Malaysia's 1MDB state investment fund, including a Paris apartment and art works by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Artnet: "The ACLU is suing Miami Beach for censoring a memorial portrait of a black man who was killed by police" - Jun 23, 2020
The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the city of Miami Beach for censoring a painting by artist Rodney “Rock” Jackson that depicted Raymond Herisse, a Black man who was killed by Miami Beach police in 2011.