Wednesday, July 30, 2008

"The kind of incident where people fall across a cordon in a gallery is very unusual"

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This morning's New York Times reports that "a visitor at an exhibition at the Royal Academy in London on Saturday slipped and fell...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008

For Sale

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Lee Rosenbaum catches a report in the New York Times real estate section that the Salander-O'Reilly townhouse is up for sale . . . for ...
Monday, July 28, 2008

"She says it's not just about the money. She says her motivation all these years is finding out the truth about her painting."

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Arizona's East Valley Tribune had a long story this weekend on a 62-year old Scottsdale real estate agent who "is the latest perso...
Saturday, July 26, 2008

More on the cruise ship auction lawsuits

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From law.com . Earlier post here .
Thursday, July 24, 2008

Two Suits

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Josh Baer reports: "In an interesting lawsuit Giancorrado Ulrich has sued Sotheby’s seeking $16 million. They allege, which Sotheby’s ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Stolen Art Settlement (UPDATED)

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The lawsuit to determine ownership of three paintings stolen more than 30 years ago (mentioned earlier here ) has been resolved. The Worces...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

More on Fractional Gifts

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Today's Wall Street Journal has an article on the "Schumer-Grassley plan" to amend the fractional gift rules. It says "...

"Specialists at banks and auction houses say that more of their clients recently are interested in borrowing against their art collections"

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Kate Taylor has a good piece in today's New York Sun on art financing. Related story (though a couple years old now) here .
Monday, July 21, 2008

Art Theft News

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Derek Fincham has a roundup . The tally includes one theft, two recoveries, and one prison sentence.
Thursday, July 17, 2008

The Louis Vuitton Multiples Suit

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Lee Rosenbaum has a post today on the lawsuits recently filed against Louis Vuitton and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art alleging...

A Different Kind of "Orphaned" Work

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Daniel Grant in the Wall Street Journal on "the question what to do with [public] art that its owner no longer wants."
Wednesday, July 16, 2008

More on eBay and Fakes (UPDATED)

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I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that a French court had held eBay responsible for fakes sold on the site. They're doing much better ...

At Sea (UPDATED)

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There's a lengthy article in today's New York Times on complaints against Park West Gallery , which conducts art auctions on cruise...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008

"Seeing this I can understand why you were so upset with me. ... I am sorry to have 'jumped the gun'"

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Yesterday's New York Sun had a short piece on a lawsuit filed by London dealer Michael Hue-Williams's Albion Gallery against artist...
Monday, July 14, 2008

"In recent years a number of advertising campaigns have seemed to draw their inspiration directly from high-profile works of contemporary art"

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Very interesting article by Mia Fineman in yesterday's New York Times on advertisers "being inspired by" or, more precisely in...
Friday, July 11, 2008

The Upside of Deaccessioning

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From Carol Vogel's Inside Art column in today's New York Times: "In November 2006 the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo cau...

"A good deal all around"

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Speaking of tax deductions for art donations, Tyler Cowen's review of Don Thompson's " The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: The Cur...
Thursday, July 10, 2008

Fractional Gift Update

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This morning's New York Times reports that "members of the Senate Finance Committee have agreed in principle" to "loosen...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008

ARIS in The Sun

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Kate Taylor has a story in tomorrow's New York Sun on art title insurance, which at the moment is still being offered by just one compa...

"A mural is created in 1940 under a work for hire, but the work is not published . . ."

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". . . The author of the mural dies in 1950. What is the term of [copyright] protection?" Bill Patry poses the question . A conse...