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Couple Sues Arizona Art Gallery Over Sold Warhol
Courthouse News / September 18th, 2014
A couple says a Scottsdale art gallery that was storing their Andy Warhol work sold it without their permission.
Judge Dismisses Dallas Art Collector's Suit Over Multi-Million Dollar Rothko
Dallas News / September 11th, 2014
A Dallas judge last week dismissed collector Marguerite Hoffman's suit against financier David Martinez for breach of contract over the quick flip of a Mark Rothko painting.
Dia Art Foundation Names New Director
New York Times / September 10th, 2014
The Dia Art Foundation has chosen a new director as the 40-year-old non-profit institution struggles with issues of financing and a needed expansion of space in Manhattan.
Phillips Auction House Banks on London Expansion
New York Times / September 8th, 2014
Phillips, the world's third largest auctioneer of contemporary art, is set to open its flagship salesroom in the Mayfair district of London.
Christie's Brings Pop-Up Gallery of Auction Highlights to Silicon Valley
ArtfixDaily / September 3rd, 2014
Tech titans in Silicon Valley will now be served up blue-chip artworks for sale nearer to their own doorsteps. New York is coming to...
Austrian Tycoon Acquires Essl Collection
Reuters / September 3rd, 2014
Austrian construction mogul Hans Peter Haselsteiner has bought the modern art collection of hardware chain owner Karlheinz Essl who needed fast funds to rescue his flailing BauMax stores.
5,000 Works from Essl Collection to be Sold
ArtfixDaily / September 2nd, 2014
One of Europe's premier collections of contemporary art will be liquidated this October...
Artist Will Make Covent Garden Appear to Float this Fall
Telegraph / August 28th, 2014
Popular marketplace Covent Garden in the heart of London is set to levitate this fall.
Jasper Johns's Assistant Pleads Guilty to Swiping Art
Wall Street Journal / August 27th, 2014
After more than two decades as the assistant to Jasper Johns, James Meyer pleaded guilty on Wed. to stealing and selling 22 works from the artist's studio.
Detroit Hit With a $4 Billion Proposal for City's Art
New York Times / August 27th, 2014
New York-based Art Capital has offered Detroit a loan of up to $4 billion in a new proposal that leaves the city's museum intact with its art used as collateral.
Aspen Art Museum Removes Turtles from Controversial Exhibition
ArtfixDaily / August 26th, 2014
Cold weather has forced the Aspen Art Museum to remove African sulcata tortoises from a controversial art exhibition...
Billionaire's Legal Dispute with Art Dealer Pulls in Mugrabi Family
CNBC / August 26th, 2014
Depositions are said to be scheduled for September in a legal dispute between billionaire financier Ronald O. Perelman and contemporary art dealer Larry Gagosian.
Mass MoCA Gets $25.4 Million from State for Expansion
New York Times / August 25th, 2014
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA) received $25.4 million in state funding through a capital facilities bond bill passed by Governor Deval Patrick...
Architect Zaha Hadid Sues Over Article
Reuters / August 25th, 2014
Pritzker prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid filed a lawsuit on Thursday against The New York Book Review and architecture critic Martin Filler...
Leon Black to Buy Knoedler's Former Townhouse for $50 Million
New York Post / August 19th, 2014
Billionaire financier and art collector Leon Black and his wife Debra are reportedly buying 19 E. 70th St., the former Knoedler & Company art gallery...
Report: Data Revealed on Today's Art Flippers
New York Times / August 17th, 2014
Quick resales have pumped some art auction prices up to new levels, fueling fears that art has become just another asset class for a vulgar type of collector who "flips" for fast profits. The New York Times investigated...
New York Art Dealer Claims $62 Million Fraud
NY Post / August 14th, 2014
In a $62 million lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, a New York art dealer claims that Russian oligarchs returned 35 artworks to him as fakes that he had purchased from...
Rauschenberg Foundation to Appeal Court Decision
NY Times / August 14th, 2014
The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation released a statement Wednesday that it will appeal the $24.6 million ruling that a Florida judge awarded to...
"The Scream" Buyer Leon Black Could Acquire Online Art Retailer Artspace
Bloomberg / August 13th, 2014
New York financier Leon Black, the billionaire art collector who owns Phaidon Press, is in talks to acquire the online art retailer Artspace...
New Aspen Art Museum's Gift Shop Goes Upscale
FT / August 11th, 2014
The $45 million, 33,000-square-foot Shigeru Ban-designed building that houses the new Aspen Art Museum will offer visitors some museum-worthy items in its gift shop.