January 26, 2023
A Sixth Circuit panel has ordered the Detroit Institute of Arts to hold on to a borrowed Van Gogh painting until a legal battle over its ownership plays out, reversing a district court's decision to deny the self-proclaimed owner's request to have the court seize the artwork.
January 20, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Friday decided the court can't interfere with a Van Gogh painting on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts because it is immune from seizure under federal law, dismissing a Brazilian art collector's suit alleging the painting was stolen from him.
January 19, 2023
A Michigan federal judge on Thursday delayed ruling on whether he should order a Detroit museum to turn over a contested painting by Vincent van Gogh, saying there was "very little case law" on when culturally significant art can be seized while on display.
January 17, 2023
The Detroit Institute of Arts said Monday that a Michigan federal court can't tell it what to do with a Van Gogh painting a Brazilian art collector alleges was stolen because the painting is protected from seizure under federal law.
January 12, 2023
A Michigan federal judge has ordered the Detroit Institute of Arts not to move a Van Gogh painting with an estimated $5 million value that a Brazilian art collector claims had been missing for years before it showed up at the museum's temporary Van Gogh exhibition.