Friday, November 30, 2012

"Nonprofits Step Up Pressure to Keep Charitable Deduction Intact"

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From the Chronicle of Philanthropy .

How the Gundlach Case Was Cracked

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It involves a Google search .  Background here .
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

"Charitable giving reacts to tax incentives ..."

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"... and in response to any limits on deductions it could even fall by about the same amount as the increase in the tax bill, accordin...

"The eagle has now landed" (UPDATED)

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Patricia Cohen reports that there's been a (very sensible) settlement in the Rauschenberg bald eagle case :  "the I.R.S. dropped t...
Tuesday, November 27, 2012

"Alas, plenty of other experts are now too scared of lawsuits to authenticate pictures."

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The Economist:  Fear of litigation is hobbling the art market . 

"In the 25 years I have investigated these robberies, I have never heard of anyone actually monetising these very valuable paintings."

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BBC News:  Thieves fail to profit from stolen works of art .

"The book, unlike the film, posits no vast conspiracy involving Philadelphia sharks bent on consuming cultural fish from the defenseless ponds of Merion."

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"In fact, Rudenstine argues that by moving to Philadelphia, the Barnes Foundation simply rescued itself from inevitable financial ruin....
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

"There would be no deduction for charitable giving, or close to none, angering wealthy donors and nonprofit directors."

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How to raise $1.6 trillion in new tax revenue .
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

"If Wiley gets its way in the Kirtsaeng case, every museum that hangs a foreign-made work of art on its walls would be a potential infringer."

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Rozalia Jovanovic on the big first sale case in front of the Supreme Court.
Monday, November 19, 2012

"Part salvage operation, part art dealership and part private detective agency"

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Chris Marinello and The Art Loss Register .

Felix Salmon on the State of the Art Market (UPDATED)

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Occupy Art . UPDATE:  A response at The Art Market Monitor from dealer Kenny Schachter.
Friday, November 16, 2012

Met Admission Suit

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The NYT's Randy Kennedy reports that a new lawsuit contends that the Met "misleads the public into thinking that its admission fe...

Are millages the future of arts funding?

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Judith Dobrzynski says no.
Thursday, November 15, 2012

"Mr. Ramnarine ... was indicted on charges he used Mr. Johns’s mold to surreptitiously make a bronze sculpture that he attributed to Mr. Johns and tried to sell for $11 million"

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Patricia Cohen has the story .
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

"[T]he consignment agreement gave Sotheby's the right to withdraw the print from auction 'if in its sole judgment' there were doubt as to attribution" (UPDATED)

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"Given Noland's assertion of her right under VARA to prevent use of her name in connection with plaintiff's [work], ... Sotheby...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Proceeds from the auction will go towards "the nurturing of young photographers, artists and explorers"

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The National Geographic Society is auctioning off 240 pieces from its collection of photos and original illustrations at Christie's in D...

Peters-Waitt Settlement

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Story here .  Background here .

"How Larry Gagosian is like Goldman Sachs"

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Felix Salmon makes the case.

"Four of five paintings stolen from the Pretoria Art Museum have been found on a bench in a cemetery" (UPDATED)

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" Mills said there was no obvious evidence of damage to the artworks ." UPDATE:  More from the ARCAblog.
Monday, November 12, 2012

Some Clarifications Re Murakami v. Boesky

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There was some press coverage last week about the lawsuit brought by Takashi Murakami against his former dealer Marianne Boesky.  I'm ...