Archaeologists working on the HS2 route in Hillingdon, west London, have uncovered three hundred Iron Age coins. Described as a “once-in-a-lifetime find”, the coins were found after a storm disturbed the ground where they had been buried many centuries ago.
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Last Thursday evening (8 July) the Art Law & More team was thrilled to welcome some of our close clients and contacts at the Ultimate Street Art Experience!
When a “grimy picture of a man” appeared in a local auction in Scotland in 1983, art collector Sebastian Thewes was convinced he was looking at an important sixteenth-century painting. He purchased the painting, for the meagre sum of £1,000. Now, after nearly forty years of research, answers might finally emerge regarding the attribution of the portrait.
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Seven new artist records were set at Christie’s ‘Old Masters Sale’ this week, as well as a new record for a tiny drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) at ‘The Exceptional Sale’ in London. Christie’s specialist Clementine Sinclair explained that “this is a bigger sale than we would normally have, and I think that’s partly due to the fact we didn’t hold an Old Masters evening sale last July, so there was some pent-up demand of collectors wanting to sell.”
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Fred Clark, Associate in the Art Law & More team and Satjivan Aujla, Associate in the Private Wealth team at Boodle Hatfield LLP were joined by Emily Gould, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Art and Law, to set out the main legal considerations concerning NFTs. The article looks at copyright, SMART contracts, money laundering, estate and succession planning and taxation.
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A new ‘Harry Potter Photographic Exhibition’ is apparating in to Covent Garden, immersing visitors in the Wizarding World of author J.K. Rowling. The spell-binding exhibition showcases behind the curtain moments from the 10 years spent creating the iconic franchise.
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A thin vertical strip of paper featuring three early sketches of peasants by Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) has been concealed inside a book for over 135 years.
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The high-profile Portuguese art collector and businessman Joe Berardo, 76, has been detained by police over fraud and money laundering allegations. Berardo’s 900 strong art collection includes works by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Francis Bacon (1909-1992) and Nan Goldin.
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An “art lover” builder has confessed to stealing three priceless artworks in an audacious theft from the National Gallery in Athens nearly a decade ago. This week police recovered the works by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) wrapped in plastic sheets in a gorge south-east of Athens.
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The EU Intellectual Property Office has cancelled two trademarks for Banksy’s images in an ongoing dispute between Banksy and a greeting card company. The EU Intellectual Property Office had previously cancelled trademarks for two other images.
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