"'Why did you do this?' Judge Sidney H. Stein asked Philbrick, to which he responded: 'The money, Your Honor.'"

 Inigo Philbrick pleads guilty.

Fearless Girl in Limbo

 New York Times story here.

"I'll take 'Things People Freak Out About Unnecessarily' for $500 please."

 Look what happened on "Jeopardy!" the other night.

"To be safe, however, Whiteley has rechristened the project 'Justin Bieber Is Suing Me,' and the gallery’s Instagram page now acknowledges the parodic nature of the project."

Sarah Cascone at artnet news: Justin Bieber’s Lawyers Tried to Shut Down a Gallery Show by an Artist Impersonating the Pop Star to Sell $100,000 Paintings.

The show was at Gablowsian gallery.

'Fearless Girl' Gets Taken to Court"

A brief piece in The New Yorker.

The artist, Kristen Visbal, "made twenty-five editions of 'Fearless Girl' and two artist’s proofs. She sold eight replicas, for up to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, including one to the law firm Maurice Blackburn, in Melbourne, Australia, and one to an investor in Oslo, who put the statue in front of the city’s Grand Hotel, which he owns. Visbal also sold more than a hundred miniature versions for about six thousand dollars each." But the Wall Street firm that commissioned it has sued, "accusing her of breach of contract, and of causing 'substantial and irreparable harm' to Fearless Girl and to [the firm] by selling copies."

For background, start here.

"Notorious Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Set to Plead Guilty to Criminal Charges in Federal Court This Week"

 Eileen Kinsella with the scoop.

"Inside the Rapid Rise, Alleged Frauds, and Sudden Disappearance of the Art World’s Most Wanted Man"

Nate Freeman in Vanity Fair on the Christian Rosa story.