A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh was stolen in an overnight smash-and-grab raid on a museum that was closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, police and the museum said Monday.
Read moreA federal judge in New York ruled in favor of a video game developer in a copyright infringement suit brought by a company that claimed to own tattoo designs on certain basketball players – including LeBron James – whose images were featured in its games. The court ruled that tattooists granted the players “nonexclusive licenses” to use the tattoos as part of their likenesses.
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Terrence McNally, one of America’s great playwrights whose prolific career included winning Tony Awards for the plays “Love! Valour! Compassion!” and “Master Class” and the musicals “Ragtime” and “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 81.
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Woody Allen’s autobiography was released in the United States Monday, swiftly finding a new home after its original publisher pulled out after protests due to abuse allegations against the filmmaker.
Read moreLinda Fairstein, former head of the Manhattan District Attorney’s Sex Crimes Unit, claims Netflix and Ava DuVernay defamed her in the movie “When They See Us,” about the prosecution of the Central Park Five rape and assault case, in federal court.
Read moreLauren Oliver sued Meow Wolf in federal court, claiming it violated copyright and misappropriated her Space Owl art, in breach of contract.
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Hours after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo cut the lights on Broadway, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared a state of emergency Thursday due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to three federal criminal charges after he admitted to selling fake artwork purported to be by artists like Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat and used the fraudulent work as loan collateral.
Read moreJohn Shen-Sampas, who says he is “the literary executor for the estate of Jack Kerouac and owns the copyright to all Jack Kerouac’s works,” sued the Northport-East Northport (N.Y.) Public Library for a handwritten manuscript and microfilm, in Suffolk County Court.
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A memoir by Woody Allen, rumored for years and once thought unpublishable in the #MeToo era, will be published in April.
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A senior member of the main U.S. union that represents opera performers resigned Monday, accusing the leadership of a cover-up in its investigation of sexual harassment accusations against superstar Plácido Domingo.
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James Lipton, an actor turned drama school dean who got hundreds of Hollywood luminaries to open up about their life and art and became an unlikely celebrity himself as the longtime host of “Inside the Actors Studio,” died Monday.
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Ernesto Cardenal, the renowned poet and Roman Catholic cleric who became a symbol of revolutionary verse in Nicaragua and around Latin America, and whose suspension from the priesthood by St. John Paul II lasted for more than three decades, died Sunday. He was 95.
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The Mexican government delivered to Nigeria on Tuesday an ancient bronze sculpture seized by customs agents at Mexico City airport as its buyer tried to bring it into this country.
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Norway gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the demolition of a bomb-damaged building adorned with drawings by Spanish master painter Pablo Picasso.
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An investigation into legendary singer Plácido Domingo by the U.S. union representing opera performers found more than two dozen people who said they were sexually harassed or witnessed inappropriate behavior by the superstar when he held senior management positions at Washington National Opera and Los Angeles Opera, according to people familiar with the findings.
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Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and career diplomat who during the impeachment hearings of President Trump offered a chilling account of threats from Trump and his allies, has a book deal.
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President Donald Trump is not a fan of “Parasite,” his biggest complaint being that the subtitled movie was made in South Korea. The U.S. distributor of the movie says it’s because Trump can’t read.
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Upholding a $6.75 million judgment against a luxury real estate developer, the Second Circuit affirmed Thursday that his whitewashing of graffiti murals at 5Pointz violated the Visual Artists Rights Act.
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A rare and looted crown from the 18th century was returned to Ethiopia on Thursday after it was discovered in the Netherlands two decades ago.
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