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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   -   Jan 09, 2026 Interpol coordinated cultural property inquiries involving U.S. auction houses in 2025
Interpol coordinated cultural property inquiries involving U.S. auction houses in 2025

Records detail behind-the-scenes handling of cultural property cases.

Law and Crime   -   Jan 07, 2026 Art Recovery International marks first 2026 recovery with return of stolen Tarpin earrings
Art Recovery International marks first 2026 recovery with return of stolen Tarpin earrings

The roughly $17,500 earrings had been left in the back of an Uber.

Feud between brothers over Aicon name expands with allegations of forged artworks
Law and Crime   -   Jan 11, 2026 Feud between brothers over Aicon name expands with allegations of forged artworks

Projjal Dutta and his Aicon Contemporary gallery sued his brother Prajit Dutta and his gallery, Aicon Art, in October over the Aicon name.

by Adam Schrader
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Law and Crime   -   Jan 11, 2026 Feud between brothers over Aicon name expands with allegations of forged artworks
Feud between brothers over Aicon name expands with allegations of forged artworks

Projjal Dutta and his Aicon Contemporary gallery sued his brother Prajit Dutta and his gallery, Aicon Art, in October over the Aicon name.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jan 09, 2026 Interpol coordinated cultural property inquiries involving U.S. auction houses in 2025
Interpol coordinated cultural property inquiries involving U.S. auction houses in 2025

Records detail behind-the-scenes handling of cultural property cases.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jan 07, 2026 Art Recovery International marks first 2026 recovery with return of stolen Tarpin earrings
Art Recovery International marks first 2026 recovery with return of stolen Tarpin earrings

The roughly $17,500 earrings had been left in the back of an Uber.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jan 07, 2026 Ronald Perelman appeals loss in $410 million art insurance case
A man holds an artwork that was allegedly damaged in a fire at Ronald Perelman's home

The case stems from a fire at his home and a fight with insurers over how courts define damage to high-value artworks.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jan 05, 2026 Boston man charged with murder for hit-and-run death of collector John P. Axelrod
Boston man charged with murder for hit-and-run death of collector John P. Axelrod

Axelrod, 79, was killed Saturday while walking his dog.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Jan 02, 2026 Amy Taylor sues photographer over alleged misuse of Vogue Portugal images
Amy Taylor sues photographer over alleged misuse of Vogue Portugal images

The lawsuit centers on the scope of permission for an editorial photo shoot.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Dec 30, 2025 Norton Museum expands lawsuit against phone provider as defense lawyers withdraw
Norton Museum expands lawsuit against phone provider as defense lawyers withdraw

The museum had sued Verity Partners in October, accusing it of holding its phone system hostage.

by Adam Schrader
Law and Crime   -   Dec 27, 2025 Louvre adds bars to window where thieves entered months after museum heist
Workers using a hoist truck to install a new security grille over a balcony window at the Musée du Louvre following the October jewel theft.

The museum has added new barriers on Quai François Mitterrand and will add 100 new security cameras in 2026.

by Adam Schrader
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