Peter Doig Wins $2.5 Million In Disputed Painting Case
The painter Peter Doig has won $2.5 million in a ruling in federal court after a Chicago gallery sued him for claiming a painting was not his work.
19 January 2023
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Brancusi Sculpture Damaged: Should This Devalue The £18m Work
When someone attacked Michelangelo’s Pieta with a hammer in the 1970s, the sculpture was severely damaged. It was restored and put back on display at the Vatican. A few years later a paranoid schizophrenic slashed Rembrandt’s masterpiece ‘The Night Watch’ putting a gaping hole in the canvas with a bread knife, at the Rijksmuseum.
8 August 2019
Facebook Loses Gustave Courbet Nudity Case In French Appeal Court
A French Facebook user who took the social media giant to court after his account was closed down for posting… Read More
13 February 2016
Psychedelic Artist Peter Max In Multi-Million Family Dispute Over Paintings
The psychedelic painter Peter Max is caught in a battle between his second wife and his son. Mary Max has claimed that… Read More
25 December 2015
Shepard Fairey Case To Go To Trial Carrying Potential Ten-Year Sentence
The American Graffiti artist Shepard Fairey, who was charged in Detroit with causing criminal damage after allegedly vandalising several buildings… Read More
6 September 2015