Saturday, March 30, 2019

"MoMA PS1 Settles With Curator Who Said Giving Birth Cost Her Job Offer"

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Story here .  Background here .
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Tell me again about the public trust (twenty-two Chinese jade artworks that have been part of the Art Institute of Chicago’s collection since 1900 edition)

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But don't worry, the decision was " not made lightly ."  Well that's a relief.

"Met Admission Fees Will Send $2.8 Million to Over 175 City Cultural Groups"

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Remember all the tears -- from the usual suspects -- when the Met announced last year that it would take the radical step of starting to do...
Monday, March 18, 2019

"This is unusually broad because they claim they control not only what you take while you’re there but anything about it afterward." (UPDATED)

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Apparently if you get a timed ticket to Thomas Heatherwick's new "Vessel" at Hudson Yards, they make you sign a photo release...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

"It doesn’t benefit anyone when there are thousands, if not millions, of works of art that are languishing in storage."

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So says Glenn Lowry in this piece by Robin Pogrebin, not realizing that, when it comes to the public trust, "does this benefit anyone?...
Sunday, March 10, 2019

"Next year, Mr. Tananbaum will go buy more art from Mr. Gagosian. I’m the only one getting agita."

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artnet News:   Behind the Scenes of Two Disgruntled Jeff Koons Collectors’ Legal Battle With Gagosian . Background here .

"Supreme Court Holds that Copyright Owners Must Wait for Registration to Sue"

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Resolving a circuit split (some had held that just applying for registration was enough).  News story here .   Opinion here .  Good summary ...
Saturday, March 09, 2019

"With sale of Rothko, is SFMOMA creating a heritage, or dismantling one?"

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I'm a little late to it, but San Francisco Chronicle art critic Charles Desmarais has a piece on SFMOMA's decision to sell a major ...
Saturday, March 02, 2019

"Such a wide discrepancy in valuation could be a concern for the Internal Revenue Service, should Mr. Benioff wish to claim the donation on his tax return ..."

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The Times has a story today about tech billionaire Marc Benioff, who bought a Hawaiian war god sculpture for $7.5 million at auction and th...

"My concern was that Bob would die and it would be a mess. Well, Bob did die and we have a mess. It’s very sad."

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Boston Globe:  In wake of famed artist Robert Indiana's death, a tangle of allegations .

"Art dealer Philippe Hoerle-Guggenheim, who has earned fawning media coverage for his flashy Chelsea gallery and famous name, is facing a lawsuit over allegedly accepting money for artworks—and then failing to deliver them."

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Story here .  "The lawsuit also gets personal, questioning Hoerle-Guggenheim’s alleged ties to Solomon R. Guggenheim."
Sunday, February 24, 2019

"The company that commissioned 'Fearless Girl' is suing its creator."

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" According to court filings dated February 14th, investment firm State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is claiming that the sculptor, Kr...
Monday, February 18, 2019

The Swizz Beatz Resale Royalty Solution

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Mentioned in this NYT Style Magazine profile: "Dean has proposed sidestepping the law entirely and instead introducing an option for...
Sunday, February 17, 2019

"Yoo’s response paints her former employer’s lawsuit as a case of sour grapes."

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artnet:   Accused of Data Theft, Former Lehmann Maupin Director Bona Yoo Fires Back With Her Own Lawsuit Against the Gallery . Backgrou...

Tell me again about the public trust (1960 Rothko edition)

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SFMoMA is selling a 1960 Rothko painting at Sotheby's in May.  It's expected to sell for $35-50 million. Now, you may think thi...
Thursday, February 14, 2019

Thirty Months for Mary Boone (UPDATED 2X)

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Story here .  Background here . UPDATE:  Jerry Saltz still thinks she shouldn't have gotten any jail time:  "You all know where...
Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Tell me again about the public trust (Zao Wou-Ki "masterwork" edition)

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The Guggenheim is deaccessioning a 1958 Zao Wou-Ki painting.  It's estimated at $7.7-10 million. Because the sale proceeds will ...
Saturday, January 26, 2019

"How a long-lost Leonardo da Vinci painting got dragged into a Trump-Russia conspiracy theory"

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From Vox.com .

"In an Explosive Lawsuit ..."

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". . .  Lehmann Maupin Gallery Accuses an Ex-Employee of Stealing Valuable Client Data and Trade Secrets ."

"The Manhattan Supreme Court suit filed Wednesday is the latest salvo fired in a dysfunctional family’s soap opera."

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The New York Post:   Family locked in bitter battle over Basquiat paintings . Related salvo, from last spring.