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More Than 100 Venice Biennale Artists Threaten Lawsuits Over Visitor-Vote Awards

Organizers kept withdrawn artists on the public ballot, a decision artists say violates their explicit requests, risking legal and funding fallout.

Nazi-Looted Goudstikker Painting Found in Dutch SS Collaborator’s Family, Positioned for Return

Rosenmontag Parades Skewer Putin as Moscow Targets German Satirist With In-Absentia Trial

Berlin Court Acquits Activist Over Fake AfD Letters, Citing Artistic Freedom

Trump Tariffs Jolt Antiques and Decorative-Arts Trade as Supreme Court Review Nears

MFA Boston Returns Two David Drake Jars to Descendants in Precedent-Setting Deal

NGV Returns Ter Borch’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ to Bromberg Heirs After Provenance Review

Ohio Auction House Pulls Two Bosschaert Still Lifes Linked to Nazi Looting

Banksy Mural at Royal Courts of Justice Is Scrubbed Two Days After Debut

Banksy Mural at London’s Royal Courts Removed as Police Open Criminal-Damage Probe

Nazi-Looted Portrait Found in Argentina Spurs Restitution Push and Reported Police Search

Developer Conceals Rediscovered Wojnarowicz Mural Behind Drywall for Gym Tenant

Halle Art School Establishes Ethics Council and Files Complaints Over Antisemitism Claims

Custody Battle Erupts Over Stolen 16th-Century Italian Painting in England

Supreme Court Orders Reconsideration of Nazi-Looted Painting Case

Stolen Churchill Portrait Recovered and Returned to Ottawa Hotel

Nazi-Looted Monet Recovered and Returned to Jewish Heirs After 84 Years

Controversial Nude Painting in Hay-on-Wye Sparks Police Visit