Glafira Rosales Blows The Whistle On New York’s Biggest Art Fraud
A Long Island art dealer who operated a scam selling more than $80m (£50m) worth of fake Abstract Expressionist art,… Read More
17 September 2013
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Blue Chip Art Dealer Indicted In 32m Dollar Fraud Case
An art dealer who allegedly sold counterfeit paintings by ‘Blue Chip’ Abstract Expressionist artists to several top New York dealers… Read More
19 July 2013
Picasso Cubist Painting Held In International Embezzlement Case
The Department of Justice in Washington has ordered restraint on the 1909 Pablo Picasso painting “Compotier et tasse” – estimated… Read More
25 June 2013
Uber-Confident Art Dealers Lose Face As Cases Go To Court
Art dealers have been getting a hard time of it recently, their profession’s reputation shaken by a succession of high-profile… Read More
12 February 2013
40m Fitzwilliam Museum Chinese Art Theft Third Man Charged
Steven Coughlan of Eleanor Street in London, has been charged in connection with the theft of Chinese decorative arts, mostly… Read More
20 May 2012
Wildenstein Art Scandal The End of the Road
Guy Wildenstein and his brother Alec have been surrounded by more scandal than any other wealthy family bar the Kennedys and the Gettys
23 April 2011
Harry And Linda Macklowe Headline Sotheby’s Most Caustic Divorce Sale
Harry Macklowe, a billionaire property developer from New York and his ex wife Linda are auctioning their collection.
8 November 2021
Warhol Portrait Of Basquiat Auctioned – Botticelli Christ Leads $40m Estimate At Sotheby’s – Christie’s Record Contemporary Achieves Highest Total
Warhol Portrait Of Basquiat Auctioned – Botticelli Christ Leads $40m Estimate At Sotheby’s – Christie’s Record Contemporary Achieves Highest Total
7 October 2021
Seoul’s Gallery Seomi Owner Arrested By Authorities
Some say that the artworld is the most unregulated industry next to that of the illegal drugs trade. The controversial… Read More
24 September 2014
Gagosian Gallery Empire Under Threat As Top Artists Jump Ship
In the latter half of December, the largest gallery in the world suddenly found its future dominance in doubt.
30 December 2012
The Art Market: Unregulated Unscrupulous And Worth Billions
“Apart from drugs, art is the biggest unregulated market in the world;” declared art critic Robert Hughes at the start… Read More
12 November 2012
Art Loss Register Lists Most Stolen Artists
The Art Loss Register has compiled a top ten list of the most stolen Artists and Pablo Picasso comes out as the clear leader, by a long shot.
28 January 2012