Thursday, June 30, 2011

"A New Yorker spokeswoman said the magazine would fight the lawsuit."

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Remember that New Yorker article on Canadian forensic art expert Peter Paul Biro that I -- and a lot of other people -- really liked?  W...

The Rose Settlement

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The Brandeis-Rose Art Museum lawsuit has settled.  The initial press reports, however, misstate the nature of the agreement. The Boston G...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011

"Our board members have a fiduciary responsibility to make the best decisions for the future of Randolph College as an educational institution."

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Lee Rosenbaum has an update on the Randolph College deaccessioning dispute .  The latest is that the AAMD has written a stern letter confir...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

"The foundation ... also reported that it has seen rapid growth in museum membership - from 400 members two years ago to over 10,000 now."

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The tragedy of the Barnes continues .
Monday, June 27, 2011

And We're Back

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It seems that, while I was away meeting the oh-so-stringent "refinement" test, two very interesting art-related lawsuits settled....
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Refined

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Earlier this year I passed strict new rules about when I could go to the beach.  They include saving someone's life and a direct order ...
Thursday, June 16, 2011

""In the end, I think it's the best for the institution and the students and the artwork."

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I've asked a number of times before, what if a donor gave work to a museum with the intention that it be sold?  (See, for example, here ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011

"But doesn’t fair use protect meaningless art, too?"

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At Concurring Opinions, Brian Frye on the Mr. Brainwash decision .

"Couple Say They Were Sold Bogus Art"

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Courthouse News Service reports that a "couple say they paid a New York art dealer $15,000 for a painting by French realist Rosa Bonhe...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

"The spokesman for the federal Attorney General's Office ... said Thursday afternoon that the case was continuing."

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More on the uncertain status of the legal proceedings involving a disputed group of Kahlos.  The LA Times reported last week that "a...

Picasso's Electrician Charged With Theft

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Story here .  Background here .

Affirmed: Pole Dancing Is Not Art

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Story here .  Decision here .  Background here .
Monday, June 13, 2011

Only Wrong When Brandeis Does It (a continuing series)

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MoMA is lending some works to the Art Gallery of Western Australia . . . for about $6 million dollars. I'm sure the hall monitors wi...
Saturday, June 11, 2011

Who's on first?

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A confusing set of reports regarding a group of disputed Frida Kahlo works .  The LAT's Christopher Knight says " a Mexican court ...

"He's been engaged in unlawful conduct for a quarter century."

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Nine years for Chicago dealer Michael Zabrin (mentioned earlier here ).

Buyer Beware

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Courthouse News Service reports that "a man claims a Scottsdale art dealer sold him a Renoir sketch it claimed was worth $110,000 tha...

"The gallery seeks no money in the suit ... and only asks that Mr. Rich fulfill his supposed obligation."

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Here's an interesting one.  The New York Observer reports that Michael Werner Gallery is suing collector James Rich over a painting tha...

"No matter how you look at it, I end up the loser, period, end of story."

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In the New York Times earlier this week, Kate Taylor had the latest example of you-can't-get-good-title-from-a-thief. Derek Fincham ...

They hold it in trust for us, but they charge us to see it

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Randy Kennedy had a short piece in yesterday's New York Times on the issue of museum admission fees.  He quotes Philippe de Montebello ...

Tattoo Erasure

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Reuters reports that Warner Brothers has said in court papers in the Hangover II tattoo litigation that if the case is not resolved by th...