Saturday, April 29, 2017

Another new VARA case

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This one in Los Angeles, involving a painted-over Charles Bukowski-inspired mural.
Friday, April 28, 2017

Do we need more regulation of the art market?

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Georgina Adam in the FT.

Reading this post is optional for NYC residents

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The New York Times reports that the Met is considering charging (rather than recommending suggesting ) admission fees to visitors from out...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

"What does Trump's plan to abolish estate tax mean for collectors?"

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I'm quoted in this piece in The Art Newspaper.
Saturday, April 22, 2017

"Warhol Foundation Files Pre-emptive Lawsuit in 'Prince' Series Dispute"

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I missed this last week, but : "According to the complaint filed on April 7, the foundation says that the works are transformative a...

"A rare moral rights vindication in Detroit"

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Derek Fincham has the details. John Jay College's Erin Thompson (" America’s only full-time professor of art crime ") tweets,...

"Six Street Artists Threaten McDonald’s with Copyright Infringement Lawsuit"

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Story here .  More outlaws asserting their property rights.

"Peggy Guggenheim's great-grandchildren say New York exhibition violates her legacy"

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I've never understood why the Donor Intent Police haven't taken up their case . As I've said before , they seem a little select...

"Returning the market value deduction to artists, writers and composers would encourage them to donate culturally and historically significant works to American museums."

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" This would not only relieve those institutions and the taxpayers who support them of the cost of purchasing such works, but also free...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Bull Podcast

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At Artsy, featuring Yayoi Shionoiri and Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento.  Listen here .
Wednesday, April 19, 2017

"Judge Stein was skeptical throughout the two-hour hearing about whether it was possible to toss the case without discovery, pointing out that Prince’s earlier copyright victory had come at the summary judgment stage."

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There was a hearing yesterday on the motion to dismiss in one of the Richard Prince Instagram series lawsuits.  ( This one.)  Of course, P...

File Under "Transaction Costs" (UPDATED)

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Colin Gleadell:   The Artist Pension Trust withdraws 18 lots from Sotheby's . "[W]hy was the ... sale aborted? 'We had conver...
Monday, April 17, 2017

Today's Bull (UPDATED)

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David Post says no copyright violation:  "[The Fearless Girl artist] didn’t touch or alter or reproduce or displace the design of Di M...
Friday, April 14, 2017

More Bull (UPDATED 2X)

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More coverage today of the Fearless Girl controversy. First, Kriston Capps in The Atlantic :   Why Wall Street’s Charging Bull Sculptor H...

Another VARA Dispute

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The New York Times reports that an artist "is suing Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan for moving his bronze re-creation of a huge syca...
Thursday, April 13, 2017

Bull (UPDATED)

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Lots more coverage of the Fearless Girl-Charging Bull controversy, mentioned earlier here .   Here is James Barron in the NYT.   Here is t...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

"LA Gallery Says It Was Sold Forged Warhols"

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Story here .  The gallery -- the one that says it was ripped off -- claims to have "the laregest gallery-owned Warhol collection in the...

"An invoice cannot be said to be dispositive of ownership."

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An interesting art-related decision in the matrimonial context.  The question was whether certain works of art purchased during the marriag...
Saturday, April 08, 2017

Physical Graffiti (UPDATED 4X)

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The 5Pointz case is going to trial; cross motions for summary judgment were denied .  I think it's being a little overhyped -- it's ...

"The old typewriter turned out to be the smoking gun in the case."

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A statement from the FBI on the Spoutz forgery case (via The Art Market Monitor ).