A US$12 million (£9 million) painting sold under duress in Nazi-occupied Austria will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this month. Continue reading
Banksy self-destructs: what now for the art market?
‘Economic genius’, says Bloomberg, ‘Banksy’s greatest work’ raves The Guardian, while the FT declares it ‘leaves credibility of the art market in shreds’. Whatever your opinion of street artist Banksy’s self-destructing artwork, the stunt has clearly sent shockwaves across the art world. Continue reading
Artist issues ‘Swiss Passports’ out of a London gallery
The looming cloud of Brexit might be rankling art dealers concerned over the potential impact on the art market, but for some artists it has served as a source of creative inspiration. Continue reading
Russian billionaire sues Sotheby’s for £292 million over alleged art fraud
Sotheby’s has vowed to ‘vigorously defend’ itself against a ‘desperate lawsuit’ filed in New York on Tuesday (2 October) by Russian billionaire, Dmitry Rybolovlev, who claims the auction house helped to defraud him over the sale of artworks worth millions. Continue reading
Win for street artist who took on General Motors
A courtroom victory for a street artist who is suing General Motors for copyright infringement is a “massive victory for artists” says his lawyer, Jeff Gluck. Continue reading
Did we find the lost Van Dyck?
In this ninth instalment of our series on the Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill, art historian and provenance researcher Silvia Davoli makes another astonishing discovery. As the opening of the ‘Lost Treasures’ exhibition approaches, Silvia draws ever closer to fulfilling her quest to restore Horace Walpole’s extraordinary collection when she uncovers an original Van Dyck just over 100 miles from where it once resided at Walpole’s gothic villa. Continue reading
New V&A Dundee greeted with praise and protest
Four years late and some £53million over budget, the V&A Museum of Design nonetheless opened to great fanfare and protest in Dundee on Saturday 15 September. Continue reading
Finding the Lost Portrait of the Baron of Sheffield
In this eighth instalment of the hunt for the Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill, a treasure is found. Art historian and super sleuth, Silvia Davoli, reveals how she tracked down a lost portrait of the Baron of Sheffield only to discover a mystery within the mystery of its disappearance from Walpole’s gothic villa. Continue reading
Experts uncover twist in the tale of ‘Salvator Mundi’
It was the most expensive painting ever sold at auction for an eye-watering £335 million in 2017. Now new evidence has surfaced, which supports an alternative back story to the much contested ‘Salvator Mundi’, said to be the last work by Leonardo da Vinci. Continue reading
Calling all art lawyers
Are you a lawyer, judge or law professor with art law experience? If so, the newly created Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA) wants to hear from you. Continue reading
