A Year of High-Profile CasesA Year of High-Profile Cases

This year, while the litigation fallout from one massive art forgery scandal is nearing an end, new scandals have emerged. Some in the art market are questioning the time-honored tradition of anonymity in art purchases. Prosecutors in New York in several high-profile cases have seized ancient works on suspicion of wrongdoing. Here’s what you need to know.

Knoedler Lawsuits Settle

Ann Freedman, the former director of the now shuttered Knoedler Gallery, has settled the last of many lawsuits brought against her by some of the world’s most prominent art collectors, claiming that she and the gallery defrauded them into purchasing forged works purportedly created by Abstract Expressionist artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Willem d...