Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Apparently, in Italy, museum directorships are held in the public trust

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See here .
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Sauce for the goose

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" Pissed-off artist adds statue of urinating dog next to ‘Fearless Girl .'"
Thursday, May 25, 2017

"Gardner Museum Doubles Reward for Recovery of Stolen Masterpieces"

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To $10 million .   I'm trying to imagine the person who had relevant information who wasn't interested in sharing it for $5 million,...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

An effective altruism analysis of Mike Bloomberg's $75 million donation to The Shed

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From Felix Salmon .
Monday, May 22, 2017

"Often you never really know which art pieces are genuine and which are not."

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A museum of fakes , in the Netherlands.
Tuesday, May 16, 2017

"There’s no officially sanctioned art-industry watchdog in the vein of the SEC, or even a universally accepted set of best practices for sellers and representatives to abide by."

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" Yet all of the normal laws of commercial transactions still apply ." Tim Schneider on the myth that the art market is "un...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

Fair Enough

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Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento calls attention to an interesting student note on the College Art Association's "Code of Best Practices in...
Saturday, May 06, 2017

Fake News

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Vanity Fair:   The Art Market’s Modigliani Forgery Epidemic .

"On it's face, it's extremely suspicious. There has to be a reason someone would want to destroy this painting."

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Suspicious man uses knife to destroy $3 million painting in Aspen gallery .

"If what di Modica is proposing that the city do seems familiar, it is because there is a succinct term for it: censorship."

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Nicholas O'Donnell in Apollo magazine:  Why this fearless girl should stand her ground .

Recommended

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The Met has recommended suggested "filed a formal proposal" with the city to begin charging admission to out-of-state visitors. ...
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...