Saturday, June 27, 2020

Is there a case for arts optimism during a pandemic?

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Economist Tyler Cowen gives it a shot here .

"A Charles White Drawing Went Missing From Howard University. After 40 Years, It Appeared at Auction—and Now Howard Wants It Back"

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Sarah Cascone has the details on an interesting ownership dispute here . Sotheby's has withdrawn the work from sale while Howard and the...
Saturday, June 20, 2020

Malcolm Gladwell on Deaccessioning (UPDATE 3X)

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Or at least on how museums account for their collections. He views it as a species of hoarding. I've had the same thought myself. As ...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

"He used his cell phone constantly, took tennis lessons several times a week, frequented a nearby coffee shop, and become involved in animal rescue efforts. He even adopted a dog of his own." (UPDATED)

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Great piece by Eileen Kinsella on Inigo Philbrick's time in Vanuatu: " He Didn’t Hide Who He Was ." And some choice words f...
Wednesday, June 17, 2020

New artist resale rights contract with a charitable twist

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Story here . Excerpt: "Del Pesco then reconnected with an old friend, Lauren van Haaften-Schick, a curator and writer who was researc...

"However, we do make a distinction when a third-party entity wants to take advantage of Chris Burden’s artwork and make money off of it in a way that is not aligned in the Chris Burden Estate’s interest, and in this case that commercial distinction is what made it very important for us to actively assert our rights."

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ARTnews:  Chris Burden Estate Files Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Indonesian Theme Park.
Monday, June 15, 2020

"When his schemes began to unravel, Philbrick allegedly fled the country. Now he is in U.S. custody and facing justice."

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Inigo Philbrick has been arrested . And traveling in the other direction, Mary Boone has been released from prison.
Wednesday, June 03, 2020

"In short, decommissioned holdings will be stripped of the status of art, removed from the permanent collection, never made, and kept indefinitely from public view."

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Peter Karol:  Why Did the Guggenheim Decommission a Donald Judd?
Monday, June 01, 2020

"Inevitably, the AAMD’s response to its member community’s urgent needs will be simultaneously criticized as opening the floodgates to sell off priceless treasures meant to benefit the public ..."

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" . . .  and as doing too little to enable museums to stay afloat during the most significant financial crisis faced by the arts and c...
Wednesday, May 27, 2020

"What Do You Do With a Stolen van Gogh?"

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An art thief explains .

"Now, the insurance company that reimbursed Christie’s after the auction house paid Wynn is suing the contractor it blames for the costly accident that gashed a hole in the masterpiece."

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artnet news:  A Paint Roller Tore a $20 Million Hole in a Picasso Painting Headed to Christie’s. Now, the Insurance Company Is Suing the Con...

"Gallery Sues Landlord, Claiming Covid-19 Shutdown Voids Lease" (UPDATED)

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Story here . The gallery is Adam Lindemann's Venus Over Manhattan. The landlord is collector Aby Rosen. Related . UPDATE: Also relat...
Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Ninth Circuit Reinstates Authentication/Defamation Lawsuit

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I first posted about this case back in 2017 under the headline " Here's what can happen when you say a work is fake ." The d...

"Selling to Survive"

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Saturday's CBS This Morning had a segment on the changes to the AAMD deaccessioning guidelines. It's about four minutes long and...
Friday, May 22, 2020

Inigo Update

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Saudi Arabia joins the fray .
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

"Why the AAMD's move on deaccessioning matters so much"

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Mark Gold and Stefanie Jandl explain . Bottom line: "Going forward, it will be extremely hard for the AAMD–or anyone else–to pass jud...

"When it’s a matter of survival, let museums sell art"

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Says the Boston Globe editorial board. Remember, prior to about a month ago that statement -- when it's a matter of survival, let mus...

A Museum Director Responds To Those Who Have Suggested The Museum Should Dip Into The Endowment

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Sort of .
Friday, May 15, 2020

"What Legal Rights Do Artists and Galleries Have During a Pandemic?"

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Helpful overview here .

"New Hampshire mother and son in art fraud case want $250 million"

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What's interesting about that is that the mother and son lost the art fraud case. Collector Andy Hall won a $465,000 judgment against t...