Court lets Liz Taylor keep van Gogh painting
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The U.S. Supreme Court allowed actress Elizabeth Taylor to keep a Vincent van Gogh painting on Monday, rejecting an appeal by descendants of a Jewish woman who said she was forced to sell it before fleeing Nazi Germany in 1939.
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The Norwegian Supreme Court on Friday increased the sentences of two men convicted of stealing two masterworks by Edvard Munch, âThe Screamâ and âMadonna,â right, and ordered a new trial for a third convicted man, The Associated Press reported. The paintings were stolen in August 2004 in a daylight raid on the Munch Museum in Oslo. They were recovered by police nearly two years later, and are undergoing repairs for scrapes, punctures, loose paint and moisture damage. Last month the three men appealed their 2006 sentences. In answer, Norwayâs highest court unanimously ruled that the prison terms for two of the men, Petter Tharaldsen and Stian Skjold, were not long enough, considering the âirreplaceable national cultural valueâ of the paintings. The court increased Mr. Tharaldsenâs sentence by one year, to 10 Â½ years, and Mr. Skjoldâs sentence by six months, to six years. The court did reject the conviction of a third man, Bjoern Hoen, saying that testimony in his trial may have been tainted, and sent his case back for a new trial.
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The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a dispute involving actress Elizabeth Taylor over ownership of a Vincent van Gogh painting. The painting is claimed by descendants of a Jewish woman who fled Nazi Germany.
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Japan's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a collection of erotic photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe does not violate obscenity laws, a decision that should allow the sale of the book for the first time in eight years.
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A US appeals court rules against a musician who claimed Beyonce song lyrics were based on her work.
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The total worth of the paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and CÃ©zanne was estimated at $163 million.
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A former manager of singer and songwriter Seal on Thursday won a court judgment claiming he was owed commissions from the artist&#039;s first two albums.
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Elizabeth Gibson found a painting by Rufino Tamayo on the street four years ago. Said to be worth about $1 million, it is heading for the auction block next month.
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Edvard Munch&#39;s iconic painting The Scream, which was stolen from an Oslo gallery on Sunday, was not insured against theft, it has been revealed.
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Britain on Sunday said it had passed an order to prevent the seizure of paintings from Russia due in London for an exhibition by people claiming they were looted from their families in the 1917 revolution.
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Going, going, gone? Not if Italy's police can stop renowned auction house Christie's from selling a painting they believe was stolen from an art shop in Rome.
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One of the world's leading impressionist art collections can move from the Philadelphia suburbs to a new downtown location where its financial future may be more secure, a judge ruled on Monday.
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U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the Central District of California Friday denied a motion by the Austrian government to dismiss a lawsuit charging it with wrongful possession of valuable artwork ...
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NEW YORK -- A painting from Claude Monet&#39;s iconic series on London&#39;s House of Parliament has sold at auction for $20.1 million.
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A London portrait painter is fighting to save one of the longest-serving prisoners on death row in the United States -- but she fears time is running out.
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WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court made it harder Monday to recover legal fees from the government, ruling against a woman who sued for the right to form a peace sign in the nude in a Florida park.  The justices ruled unanimously against Toni Anne Wyner, a nudist from Fort Pierce, Fla.
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A Picasso painting stolen by Nazis during World War II is at the centre of a legal battle over its ownership.