Friday, May 31, 2013

"At what price point do you give up on platitudes about the inviolability of art?"

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Ben Davis has an interesting piece on the Detroit situation at ARTINFO.  Though he "of course, find[s] revolting the idea" of sel...

"In April 2010, Sotheby’s Inc. won a $6.6 million judgment against him in connection with three artworks he bought at auction and later refused to pay for." (UPDATED 2X)

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Halsey Minor files for personal bankruptcy .  Some background here . UPDATE:  " Halsey Minor's Art Addiction Helped Drive Him To ...

"At this point, the city may need the money more than it needs the art."

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Walter Russell Mead on Detroit:  "Unfortunately the city is already struggling to keep the lights on . Local businesses recently had ...
Thursday, May 30, 2013

"Although some legal commentators see the case as portending the end of the auction world as we know it, we view the holding as quite narrow, applying only to evidence that is needed if a purchaser is sued by the auctioneer after failing to pay."

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Charles and Tom Danziger on the Jenack case and various and sundry other auction-related legal issues.  On Jenack, they side with the Olsof...

"The Visual Artist’s Rights Act, Copyright and Conceptual Art"

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For our Chicago-area readers .

Why do people make anonymous donations?

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Tyler Cowen has some thoughts.

"Neither party is commenting on the resolution."

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A settlement in the Velvet Underground-Warhol Foundation suit .

"Time and again it has been illustrated that art thieves are more sophisticated in their ability to plan and execute a robbery than they are in figuring out how to dispose of the works"

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The Art Market Monitor on the latest example .

"Court finds for artist who disowned work before auction"

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In The Art Newspaper , Laura Gilbert reports that Marc Jancou's claim against Cady Noland has been dismissed.  His breach of contract c...

"For modern art museums, what they’re doing would be largely impossible."

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The Rijksmuseum is offering downloads of high-resolution images at no cost .
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Cant (UPDATED)

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The other big news this week was that "Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr is considering whether the multibillion-dollar collection ...

"The artwork Rosales sold appears to be as fake as her story about the clients she claimed to represent."

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I was out of town this week, but while I was away, the big news was that federal prosecutors charged Glafira Rosales, who is at the center ...
Monday, May 20, 2013

"So while Cariou v. Prince can rightly be considered a victory for appropriation art to some extent ..."

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" . . . what it is not is a victory for clarity, guidance and certainty in the very murky area of fair use and 'transformativeness ...

Richard Dorment on the Warhol Foundation

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In the New York Review of Books .
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Six of one

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Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento responds to my post yesterday on his latest post on Prince-Cariou. I wasn't really disagreeing with him.  It...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

"Since the full price of artworks donated to charity are not tax deductible for the artist, new records are a major incentive for their participation."

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Dan Duray on last night's Leonardo DiCaprio-organized charity auction.

Much Better Than The Impractical Advice Panel

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" Practical Advice on Handling Legal Issues Confronting the Art World Today ":  New York City Bar Association, May 21, 6:00-9:00 p...

"So although many in the art world and the art law world are championing the latest Second Circuit flop, what they should be asking is how the hell are we supposed to analyze fair use post-Cariou."

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Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento is still not happy with the Prince decision:  "This isn’t about chilling speech; it’s about knowing a good thi...
Monday, May 13, 2013

Detroit is broke

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Details here .  Maybe they should try a millage ?

"Why Can’t We Take Pictures in Art Museums?" (UPDATED)

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Carolina Miranda explores in ARTnews. UPDATE:  Some thoughts from Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento.