United Kingdom
- May 4 2022
The High Court ruled last week that NFTs are now to be considered legal property, marking a significant step forward for victims of NFT theft, who…
United Kingdom
- March 11 2022
“Punk It!”, the first evening sale at Sotheby’s dedicated exclusively to CryptoPunk NFTs (non-fungible tokens), was mysteriously withdrawn at the…
United Kingdom
- January 27 2022
Germany has announced that another Nazi-looted painting will be restituted to the heirs of Jewish dealer Jacques Goudstikker (1897-1940)…
United Kingdom
- January 11 2022
One of the most popular platforms for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), OpenSea, revealed in a blog post last week that the company is now valued at $13.3…
United Kingdom
- January 6 2022
Are the days of art forgers finally numbered? A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool might just provide the answer. Art historians and physicists at…
USA
- December 14 2021
US billionaire Michael Steinhardt has surrendered his collection of antiquities worth US$70 million (£53 million), after a lengthy investigation…
USA
- December 9 2021
Renowned American pop artist Jeff Koons faces an infringement lawsuit for allegedly copying a sculptural stage setting of a serpent wrapped around a…
Turkey, USA
- September 14 2021
A New York Federal Judge has decided that a marble figure which is owned by hedge fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt and which has spent decades on…
United Kingdom
- September 8 2021
The Bank of England, which has its own museum, will no longer display eight oil paintings and two busts connected to the slave trade. Earlier this…
USA
- August 6 2021
A judge has dismissed the New York-based Safani Gallery’s lawsuit against Italy over a seized bust of Alexander the Great. Questions had been raised…