Art in the News

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Art in the News

Monday, January 05, 2009 Fisk University appeals O'Keeffe artwork ruling

Friday, January 02, 2009 Art imitates crunch, with few exceptions

Friday, January 02, 2009 Bernie Madoff's gift to the art market

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 How Monet, Freud, Hirst records led art-market bubble to burst

Friday, December 26, 2008 'Nazi loot' bidder-ness

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 Lawyer is sentenced in stolen art case

Saturday, December 13, 2008 Lawyer seen as bold enough to cheat the best

Monday, December 08, 2008 Russia to review legality of art sales in 1920s, says Hermitage

Friday, December 05, 2008 Lehman Brothers wins right to sell art for the benefit of creditors

Wednesday, November 26, 2008 In Mexico, an ownership fight sends an art collection into hiding

Wednesday, November 19, 2008 Woman loses U.S. appeal for Nazi-era painting

Friday, November 14, 2008 Suit proceeds against Christie's auction house over fake Basquiat

Thursday, November 13, 2008 Lehman to sell $8 Million of art to pay creditors

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 Portland museum asks: Do you know this idol?

Sunday, November 02, 2008 Lost Italian masterpiece turns up in Dallas warehouse

Thursday, October 30, 2008 Museum returns painting found to be Nazi loot

Monday, October 27, 2008 Nazi victim's family sues Germany for looted El Greco, Pissarro

Monday, October 27, 2008 Picasso's work is withdrawn from Sotheby's sale

Sunday, October 05, 2008 A collection of tribal art is embroiled in a modern family feud

Friday, October 03, 2008 Cnet founder's spat with Sotheby's offers lessons on disclosure

Thursday, October 02, 2008 Sotheby's sued by Cnet founder in 'Peaceable Kingdom' dispute

Wednesday, October 01, 2008 Wrangling over resales

Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Paintings could be by Jackson Pollock, or not

Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Art caught in spat stays at de Young- for now

Sunday, September 21, 2008 Beaverbrook saga goes back to court

Tuesday, September 09, 2008 State argues O'Keeffe Museum can't acquire Fisk art collection

Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Lawsuit over disputed Warhol will go forward

Monday, August 25, 2008 A case of conflicting principles that's as good as gold

Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Ex-lawyer found guilty in stolen art trial

Monday, August 11, 2008 Two years later, the F.B.I. still seeks the owners of a trove of artworks

Monday, August 11, 2008 Buyer beware

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 You can't take it with you

Monday, August 04, 2008 Chief Nazi-loot researcher sees art claims mounting in Germany

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 A potrait of art as a tax deduction

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Art auctions on cruise ships lead to anger, accusations and lawsuits

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Authorities seize Ferreira collection Lichtenstein

Thursday, July 10, 2008 French man pleads guilty in art theft case

Thursday, July 10, 2008 Senate panel close to deal on donations of artwork

Saturday, July 05, 2008 Art theft! Lawsuits! Spielberg!

Thursday, June 26, 2008 Suit claims a Warhol is not, well, a Warhol

Thursday, June 26, 2008 Betrayal, theft and a family feud in the art world

Thursday, June 12, 2008 Deadline is Sunday to claim art from dealer Salander-O'Reilly

Thursday, June 12, 2008 A wake-up call for the antiquities market

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Holocaust historians blast MFA stance in legal dispute

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 Making sure your art is yours

Monday, May 19, 2008 Experts fall out over Van Gogh's 'last painting'

Sunday, May 18, 2008 Switzerland returns plundered Constable painting to Jewish family

Monday, April 21, 2008 Lawsuit Ended Arbus Auction, Lawyer Says

Thursday, April 17, 2008 London Dealer Forced to Return Souzas

Wednesday, April 16, 2008 MoMa, Guggenheim can continue effort to prove they own Picassos

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 Hartley �Lighthouse� May Fetch $7 Million after Return to Heir

Wednesday, April 09, 2008 Arbus Photo Auction Canceled in New York Amid Lawsuit over Earlier Sale

Monday, April 07, 2008 Row over Resale Right Grows

Sunday, April 06, 2008 Guess? Jeans Co-founder Seeking Lost Art

Friday, April 04, 2008 A Colossal Private Sale by the Heirs of a Dealer

Friday, April 04, 2008 The Firestorm over Private Museums

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 France to Cut Red Tape, Provide Free Loans to Revive Art Market

Wednesday, April 02, 2008 Art Museums Struggle with Provenance Issues

Tuesday, April 01, 2008 China Becomes World�s 3rd Largest Art Auction Market

Thursday, March 27, 2008 Guardis Seized by British Police Following Request from Italy

Friday, March 21, 2008 Austrian Minister Calls for Clarity on �Looted� Art Allegations

Wednesday, March 19, 2008 7 Charged in 2 Rings that Sold Fraudulent Art, Prints

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 The Spoils of War in Peaceable Sweden

Friday, February 08, 2008 Untouched by Nazi Hands, but Still�

Leading Art News Sites and Blogs

Monday, January 05, 2009
Fisk University appeals O'Keeffe artwork ruling

Friday, January 02, 2009
Art imitates crunch, with few exceptions

Friday, January 02, 2009
Bernie Madoff's gift to the art market

Tuesday, December 30, 2008
How Monet, Freud, Hirst records led art-market bubble to burst

Friday, December 26, 2008
'Nazi loot' bidder-ness

Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Lawyer is sentenced in stolen art case

Saturday, December 13, 2008
Lawyer seen as bold enough to cheat the best

Monday, December 08, 2008
Russia to review legality of art sales in 1920s, says Hermitage

Friday, December 05, 2008
Lehman Brothers wins right to sell art for the benefit of creditors

Wednesday, November 26, 2008
In Mexico, an ownership fight sends an art collection into hiding

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Woman loses U.S. appeal for Nazi-era painting

Friday, November 14, 2008
Suit proceeds against Christie's auction house over fake Basquiat

Thursday, November 13, 2008
Lehman to sell $8 Million of art to pay creditors

Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Portland museum asks: Do you know this idol?

Sunday, November 02, 2008
Lost Italian masterpiece turns up in Dallas warehouse

Thursday, October 30, 2008
Museum returns painting found to be Nazi loot

Monday, October 27, 2008
Nazi victim's family sues Germany for looted El Greco, Pissarro

Monday, October 27, 2008
Picasso's work is withdrawn from Sotheby's sale

Sunday, October 05, 2008
A collection of tribal art is embroiled in a modern family feud

Friday, October 03, 2008
Cnet founder's spat with Sotheby's offers lessons on disclosure

Thursday, October 02, 2008
Sotheby's sued by Cnet founder in 'Peaceable Kingdom' dispute

Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Wrangling over resales

Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Paintings could be by Jackson Pollock, or not

Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Art caught in spat stays at de Young- for now

Sunday, September 21, 2008
Beaverbrook saga goes back to court

Tuesday, September 09, 2008
State argues O'Keeffe Museum can't acquire Fisk art collection

Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Lawsuit over disputed Warhol will go forward

Monday, August 25, 2008
A case of conflicting principles that's as good as gold

Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Ex-lawyer found guilty in stolen art trial

Monday, August 11, 2008
Two years later, the F.B.I. still seeks the owners of a trove of artworks

Monday, August 11, 2008
Buyer beware

Tuesday, August 05, 2008
You can't take it with you

Monday, August 04, 2008
Chief Nazi-loot researcher sees art claims mounting in Germany

Tuesday, July 22, 2008
A potrait of art as a tax deduction

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Art auctions on cruise ships lead to anger, accusations and lawsuits

Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Authorities seize Ferreira collection Lichtenstein

Thursday, July 10, 2008
French man pleads guilty in art theft case

Thursday, July 10, 2008
Senate panel close to deal on donations of artwork

Saturday, July 05, 2008
Art theft! Lawsuits! Spielberg!

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Suit claims a Warhol is not, well, a Warhol

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Betrayal, theft and a family feud in the art world

Thursday, June 12, 2008
Deadline is Sunday to claim art from dealer Salander-O'Reilly

Thursday, June 12, 2008
A wake-up call for the antiquities market

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Holocaust historians blast MFA stance in legal dispute

Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Making sure your art is yours

Monday, May 19, 2008
Experts fall out over Van Gogh's 'last painting'

Sunday, May 18, 2008
Switzerland returns plundered Constable painting to Jewish family

Monday, April 21, 2008
Lawsuit Ended Arbus Auction, Lawyer Says

Thursday, April 17, 2008
London Dealer Forced to Return Souzas

Wednesday, April 16, 2008
MoMa, Guggenheim can continue effort to prove they own Picassos

Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Hartley �Lighthouse� May Fetch $7 Million after Return to Heir

Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Arbus Photo Auction Canceled in New York Amid Lawsuit over Earlier Sale

Monday, April 07, 2008
Row over Resale Right Grows

Sunday, April 06, 2008
Guess? Jeans Co-founder Seeking Lost Art

Friday, April 04, 2008
A Colossal Private Sale by the Heirs of a Dealer

Friday, April 04, 2008
The Firestorm over Private Museums

Wednesday, April 02, 2008
France to Cut Red Tape, Provide Free Loans to Revive Art Market

Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Art Museums Struggle with Provenance Issues

Tuesday, April 01, 2008
China Becomes World�s 3rd Largest Art Auction Market

Thursday, March 27, 2008
Guardis Seized by British Police Following Request from Italy

Friday, March 21, 2008
Austrian Minister Calls for Clarity on �Looted� Art Allegations

Wednesday, March 19, 2008
7 Charged in 2 Rings that Sold Fraudulent Art, Prints

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
The Spoils of War in Peaceable Sweden

Friday, February 08, 2008
Untouched by Nazi Hands, but Still�