The Art Law Blog

Wednesday, July 14, 2021

"What counts as ‘fair use’? Debate over Warhol's appropriation of Prince photograph rumbles on"

 Martha Lufkin surveys the scene.

Donn Zaretsky at 10:10 AM

Monday, July 12, 2021

"Man Is Accused of Attempting to Sell Fake Basquiats and Harings"

New York Times story here.

Donn Zaretsky at 10:50 AM

Thursday, July 08, 2021

"German socialite Angela Gulbenkian pleads guilty to theft in London court"

"The charges against her stemmed from the fraudulent sale of a £1.1m Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture to a Hong Kong collector, while a similar claim against her over a Warhol portrait remains in German court."

Some background here.

Donn Zaretsky at 10:18 AM

Friday, July 02, 2021

"In custody is not a gang of thieves who planned a Hollywood-style heist, but a 49-year-old construction worker, with the Twitter name ArtFreak, who was arrested on Monday."

NYT:  "Stolen Picasso and Mondrian Paintings Found Stashed in a Ravine in Greece." "The theft appears to have been years in the making as an obsession with art morphed into something criminal. The suspect, who was remanded to police custody after appearing before an investigating magistrate on Thursday, is reported to have told the police that he had 'always been interested in art.'"

Donn Zaretsky at 4:13 PM
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