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Reporting on the legal and criminal dimensions of the art world — from restitution and forgery to fraud, theft, censorship, and court filings that shape cultural accountability.

Law and Crime   -   Jul 28, 2026 Artist sues Kai Matsumiya gallery over alleged unpaid sale proceeds
Artist sues Kai Matsumiya gallery over alleged unpaid sale proceeds

Jonathan Bruce Williams says the Lower East Side gallery sold two of his light-box works but kept his $16,441 share

Law and Crime   -   Jul 28, 2026 Appeals court says artist sued Jeff Koons too late over 'Made in Heaven' snake sculpture
Appeals court says artist sued Jeff Koons too late over 'Made in Heaven' snake sculpture

The panel held Michael Hayden should have found the allegedly infringing works years before he sued in 2021.

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Law and Crime   -   Jul 28, 2026 Artist sues Kai Matsumiya gallery over alleged unpaid sale proceeds
Artist sues Kai Matsumiya gallery over alleged unpaid sale proceeds

Jonathan Bruce Williams says the Lower East Side gallery sold two of his light-box works but kept his $16,441 share

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 28, 2026 Appeals court says artist sued Jeff Koons too late over 'Made in Heaven' snake sculpture
Appeals court says artist sued Jeff Koons too late over 'Made in Heaven' snake sculpture

The panel held Michael Hayden should have found the allegedly infringing works years before he sued in 2021.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 24, 2026 Photographer sues Mickalene Thomas and four galleries over 820 Ebony/Jet photos
Photographer sues Mickalene Thomas and four galleries over 820 Ebony/Jet photos

Barbara Karant says the artist copied more than a dozen of her Johnson Publishing Company interiors for installations and collages.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 24, 2026 Greenwich dealer pleads guilty to laundering money stolen from client's estate
Greenwich dealer pleads guilty to laundering money stolen from client's estate

David L. Johnson faces up to 20 years in prison and is scheduled to be sentenced October 30.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 22, 2026 Police recover $60,000 in stolen paintings by Minneapolis artist Leon Hushcha
Police recover $60,000 in stolen paintings by Minneapolis artist Leon Hushcha

Fourteen paintings turned up at an undisclosed location in St. Paul, but four more paintings and dozens of prints and other items remain missing.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 20, 2026 Artists sue The Hole and Kathy Grayson over unpaid sale proceeds
Artists sue The Hole and Kathy Grayson over unpaid sale proceeds

The gallery's books allegedly show it owes Daniel Um and Nastaran Shahbazi $49,975.50 for consigned artworks it sold.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jul 19, 2026 Kinston police charge former arts council director with money laundering
Kinston police charge former arts council director with money laundering

Sandy Landis is accused of writing herself $21,037.25 in checks after she stepped down.

by Adam Schrader
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