Tag: Lawsuit

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know this Friday, December 10. NEED TO READ Portugal Accused of Botching Venice Biennale Selection – Bruno Leitão, the curator of the Venice Biennale’s Portuguese pavilion, has accused the country’s ministry of culture of violating its duty in ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Thursday, November 19. NEED-TO-READ Abu Dhabi Plans Two New Museums – Two more museums will be added to Abu Dhabi’s cultural investment plan, according to Mohamed Khalifa Al Mubarak, chair of the emirate’s Department of ...

Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Wednesday, October 6. NEED-TO-READ The U.K. Rejects UNESCO’s Call to Reassess Ownership of Parthenon Marbles – The U.K. department of digital, culture, media, and sport has rejected UNESCO’s call, made during its last session, for the ...

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Sotheby’s has discovered that one of their consignors sold several Diego Giacometti works through the auction house using questionable provenance documents. The sales took place in 2016 and 2017. On August 3rd, Sotheby’s filed a lawsuit against Bettina Von Marnitz Thut, her husband Frederic Thut, and Fine Art Miami (FAAM), their Florida based auction house. The suit alleges the Thuts consigned fake Giacometti works. ...

After losing an appeal that would force Tate Modern to close a portion of its 360-degree viewing gallery, owners of four units in a nearby luxury building will take their case to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. The case is expected to be heard later this year. The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery, which were the defendants in the original ...

The Comité Professionnel des Galeries d’Art (CPGA), France’s gallery association, is suing the French government over recently instituted Covid-19 restrictions that have left galleries closed to the public once again. According to a report by the Art Newspaper, the case, which focuses on the fact that auction houses can conduct exhibitions and sales while galleries must remain shuttered, will be heard in an administrative ...

A lawsuit against Artforum has ended in a settlement with one of the magazine’s former employees, Amanda Schmitt, who had accused a former publisher, Knight Landesman, of sexual harassment and alleged that the publication retaliated against her. The suit, which was first filed in 2017 and initially included since-dismissed claims against Landesman, had been considered one of the key legal actions in the art ...

Earlier this year, a Rudolf Stingel painting set to be auctioned by Phillips never made it to sale. Instead of heading to the block, it became the subject of a lawsuit between Phillips and the work’s consignor. Now, a New York district court judge has dismissed that consignor’s lawsuit. The Stingel painting, which is not further identified in a ruling written by Denise Cote, ...