Pens down, Art Law & More quizzers!

It’s time to find out if you know your Maurizio Cattelan bananas from your Caravaggios, your self-destructing Banksy works from your diamond hoards as we reveal the answers to our first ever Art Law & More Quiz.

First off, a big, Art Law & More thank you for taking part. By playing along at home, you have helped us in continuing to support the vital and life-changing work of Boodle Hatfield’s Charity Partner of the year, The Rainbow Trust.

We hope you also enjoyed a little welcome, art-infused distraction from these unprecedented times and that you, your families and friends continue to stay safe and well.

Without further ado, here are the answers:

1. What was the name of the painting by Antony Van Dyck stolen from a University of Oxford gallery?
• Answer: ‘A Soldier on Horseback’, from our blog post VALUABLE OLD MASTER PAINTINGS STOLEN FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY GALLERY
• Hidden word: ‘Art’

2. A painting by which artist was found in a suitcase belonging to Cornelius Gurlitt, which he left behind in a hospital?
• Answer: Claude Monet, from our blog post INVESTIGATING THE GURLITT COLLECTION
• Hidden word: ‘has’

3. What humble fruit was the centrepiece of a work by Maurizio Cattelan exhibited at Art Basel Miami?
• Answer: Banana, from our blog post THE £90,000 BANANA – WHY IS IT SO APPEALING TO THE ART MARKET
• Hidden word: ‘always’

4. In which Amsterdam museum did art historian and provenance researcher, Silvia Davoli, find a Renaissance bas relief once belonging to Horace Walpole?
• Answer: The Rijksmuseum, from our blog post THE SEARCH BEGINS…
• Hidden word: ‘been’

5. What was the name of the mobster who is believed to have orchestrated the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist?
• Answer: James “Whitey” Bulger, from our blog post MOB BOSS MASTERMINDED THE ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER ART HEIST
• Hidden word: ‘the’

6. In the case of The Creative Foundation v Dreamland Leisure Limited [2015] EWHC 2556 (Ch), who did Arnold J decide the Folkestone Banksy belonged to?
• Answer: The Landlord, from our blog post WHO OWNS STREET ART?
• Hidden word: ‘raft’

7. Which long-contested artefact could the British Museum be forced to repatriate under a Brexit deal?
• Answer: The Elgin Marbles, from our blog post BREXIT DEAL COULD FORCE BRITISH MUSEUM TO REPATRIATE ELGIN MARBLES
• Hidden word: ‘onto’

8. Upon which form of transportation was the gallery where Ms Mattie King bought a set of allegedly forged Salvador Dali prints?
• Answer: A cruise ship, from our blog post WHAT TO DO IF YOU DISCOVER YOU HAVE BOUGHT A FORGERY
• Hidden word: ‘which’

9. What is the estimated value of a hoard of diamond jewellery stolen from the Dresden Green Vaults?
• Answer: 1 billion euros, from our blog post THIEVES STEAL “1 BILLION EURO” DIAMONDS FROM DRESDEN GREEN VAULTS
• Hidden word: ‘we’

10. Which journalist called Banksy’s self-destructing artwork ‘Girl with Balloon’ an act of ‘artistic terrorism’?
• Answer: Jonathan Jones, from our blog post BANKSY SELF-DESTRUCTS: WHAT NOW FOR THE ART MARKET?
• Hidden word: ‘climb’

11. What kind of rare medieval floor tile was dug up by archaeologists from underneath the Courtauld Institute of Art?
• Answer: A “Penn” floor tile, from our blog post ARCHAEOLOGISTS DISCOVER ONE HUNDRED MEDIEVAL TREASURES BENEATH THE COURTAULD GALLERY
• Hidden word: ‘to’

12. What was the name of the Caravaggio painting at the centre of a claim for breach of contract and negligence led by Boodle Hatfield’s art law team?
• Answer: ‘Cardsharps’, from our blog post LEGAL BRIEFING: THWAYTES V SOTHEBY’S [2015] EWHC 36 (CH)
• Hidden word: ‘save’

13. At which London gallery did Extinction Rebellion stage a protest against BP sponsorship?
• Answer: The National Portrait Gallery, from our blog post EXTINCTION REBELLION PROTEST SPREADS TO THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY
• Hidden word: ‘our’

14. What solid gold object was stolen from a small stall adjacent to Winston Churchill’s birthing room at Blenheim Palace?
• Answer: A toilet, from our blog post GOLDEN LOO STILL AT LARGE AFTER ARTIST INSISTS IT WAS NO PRANK
• Hidden word: ‘sanity’

15. What did beloved American painter, sculptor and writer Dorothea Tanning say about the healing power of art?
• Answer: “Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity”

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Congratulations for making it to the end!

Thanks so much again for taking part. The Art Law & More team wish you well and hope that, to paraphrase the immortal words of Dorothea Tanning, art continues to provide you with a life raft to save your sanity!