Monday, October 30, 2017

"Investigators suspect he swiped it during his time working for Scully."

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The Daily News:   Famed artist Sean Scully's ex-aide busted for allegedly stealing, selling $500G painting from boss' Chelsea studio...
Wednesday, October 25, 2017

"In its new Parkway location, the Barnes has met or exceeded virtually every revenue, fund-raising, and attendance projection made in 2010 before the move."

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While the usual suspects continue their latest freakout , the Philadelphia Inquirer's Stephan Salisbury takes a look at the subject of ...

Hostage Situation (UPDATED)

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There were reports yesterday that the Mugrabis were suing Mana Contemporary, accusing it of holding their collection "hostage" be...
Monday, October 23, 2017

"Blue-Chip Art Dealer Accused of Scamming Clients for Millions of Dollars Goes to Jail in New York"

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The dealer is Timothy Sammons, who has been charged with grand larceny and fraud.
Saturday, October 21, 2017

"Norman Rockwell’s Sons Sue Berkshire Museum, Seeking Halt to Sotheby’s Sale"

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Story here . Brian Frye rules :  "The plaintiffs lack standing & the complaint fails to state a viable cause of action. No writte...

"The family of the late African-American artist Thornton Dial has charged in a new lawsuit that Dial’s artwork was wrongly acquired by the High Museum of Art." (UPDATED)

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" Filed this week in federal court by Dial’s estate and three of his children, the lawsuit charges that art dealer William S. Arnett or...

"More than a dozen artists packed into a federal courtroom on Wednesday to watch as lawyers debated whether the destruction of their murals was a violation of their rights."

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Artnet's Eileen Kinsella has a report on the 5Pointz VARA trial, now underway in Brooklyn. Most of the commentary focuses on the que...
Monday, October 16, 2017

All in the timing

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Artnews reports that dealer Gary Nader will sell $100 million worth of works from his collection in order to fund a proposed museum in Flor...

The trial in the 5Pointz VARA case is about to get underway (UPDATED)

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Story here .  Background here . UPDATE:  The New York Times on the first day of trial here .
Friday, October 13, 2017

"Threats of violence in response to controversial art are abhorrent."

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"They can’t be allowed to dictate what art the public is allowed to see, lest a few deranged would-be saboteurs are encouraged to shut ...
Saturday, October 07, 2017

Rules and Norms (UPDATED)

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Felix Salmon, generally the most articulate defender of the anti-deaccessioning position, has a piece in The New Yorker on the Berkshire Mu...
Thursday, October 05, 2017

"Bank Behind Fearless Girl Statue Settles U.S. Gender Pay Dispute"

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" The custody bank will pay $5 million to more than 300 women, following a U.S. Department of Labor audit ."
Monday, October 02, 2017

Who will guard the guards?

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The Daily Beast:   The Prison Guards Who Stole a Salvador Dalí Painting .
Friday, September 29, 2017

"The ‘Sociopath’ Scholar Who Made Films of His Crimes Tried to Confess to America’s Most Famous Art Heist"

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Your art law headline of the day.
Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Heckler's Veto (UPDATED)

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Guggenheim Pulls Controversial Animal Artworks From China Show Over Threats of Violence . UPDATE:  Ai Weiwei :  "When an art institut...
Monday, September 25, 2017

Some News in the Rybolovlev-Bouvier Case

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Eileen Kinsella has the story here .  Background here .
Saturday, September 23, 2017

"Wedding Cakes, Urinals, and Other Art"

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Michael Dorf on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case currently before the Supreme Court.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017

"The dire need of Naruto is what fully underpins why we pursued this lawsuit to begin with."

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The monkey selfie lawsuit has also settled .  Background here .

And then there were none

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The last of the Knoedler lawsuits has settled .
Thursday, September 07, 2017

"The foundation said that Dalí’s remains would soon return to the Figueres museum’s crypt."

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NYT:   Salvador Dalí Was Not Woman’s Father, DNA Test Shows .