art and law

us supreme court building at dusk 
SCOTUS Denies Jewish Heirs Guelph Treasure Seized by Nazis

On Wednesday, February 3, the US Supreme Court announced a unanimous decision on a landmark case, siding with Germany in a Nazi-era restitution case regarding the Guelph Treasure.

Camille Pissarro painting of a Paris street in the rain
Court Rules On Nazi-Looted Pissarro Painting's Future
The family of Lilly Cassirer, the painting’s owner prior to World War II, has sought to reclaim Camille Pissarro’s Rue Saint-Honoré in the Afternoon, Effect of Rain (1897) from Madrid’s Thyssen-…