As Fallout From the Inigo Philbrick Scandal Rages on, Investors Go to Court to Claim Ownership of a $12 Million Twice-Sold Basquiat Painting

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As Fallout From the Inigo Philbrick Scandal Rages on, Investors Go to Court to Claim Ownership of a $12 Million Twice-Sold Basquiat Painting

Investors and collectors are trying to untangle the mess left by the indicted dealer.

By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 7, 2020

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Days After More Than 80 Philadelphia Museum of Art Employees Were Laid Off, the Institution’s Workers Have Voted to Unionize

The bargaining group will include every museum employee who works at least four hours a week, and will be the only wall-to-wall museum union in the country.

By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 6, 2020

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Swiss Authorities Are Investigating Embattled Art Dealer Yves Bouvier for Evading as Much as $360 Million in Taxes

Bouvier argues that he has lived in Singapore for the past decade and therefore is not subject to Swiss tax.

By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 4, 2020

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The Tenement Museum’s Union Filed a Complaint With the Labor Board After the Institution Laid Off 80 Percent of Unionized Staff

The museum was in the midst of negotiating its first union contract when it laid off all but 12 of its 89-person bargaining unit.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 31, 2020

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A Hard-Hitting New Senate Report Details How Art Dealers and Auction Houses Have Undermined US Sanctions Against Russia

Arkady and Boris Rotenberg spent $18.4 million in art after being put under sanctions by president Obama.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 29, 2020

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Whistleblowers at the Detroit Institute of Arts Expand Their Ethics Complaint Beyond the Museum’s Director to Include the Board Chair, Too

The expanded complaint was filed with the institute's board and the Association of Art Museum Directors.

By Rachel Corbett, Jul 24, 2020

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After Abruptly Shutting Down Amid a Staff Unionizing Effort, LA’s Marciano Foundation Must Now Pay a Settlement to Laid-Off Workers

The LA foundation is paying laid-off workers 10 weeks of severance as part of the settlement.

By Sarah Cascone, Jul 23, 2020

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In a Historic Move, France Has Taken a Major Step Towards Fully Restituting 27 Looted African Objects to Senegal and Benin

New legislation in France could see 26 looted objects returned to Benin and a sword restituted to Senegal.

By Kate Brown, Jul 16, 2020

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Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Will Be Kept In US Custody After His Fiancée’s Family’s Bahamas Real Estate Was Rejected as Bail Collateral

Philbrick's mother also offered to put up her house in Connecticut as bond.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 15, 2020

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Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Has Been Formally Charged by US Authorities With Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft

Philbrick is reportedly in the same Oklahoma jail where "Tiger King" Joe Exotic was incarcerated until recently.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 14, 2020

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In a Big Win for Yves Bouvier, a Monaco Judge Throws Out Dmitry Rybolovlev’s Charges Against the Swiss Art Dealer

The decision effectively ends the case against Bouvier in Monaco.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 9, 2020

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An Art-Dealing Dynasty Heir Sues Phillips Auction House for Reneging on a Deal After the Artist’s Market Took a Tumble

Art dealer Joe Nahmad is suing Phillips after the auction house pulled out of a $5 million guarantee deal for a work by Rudolf Stingel.

By Eileen Kinsella, Jul 7, 2020

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Jeff Koons, Gagosian Gallery, and Many Other Blue-Chip Art Operations Received Millions of Dollars in Government Stimulus Money

The US government has released the names of businesses that received more than $150,000 in federal stimulus loans.

By Taylor Dafoe, Jul 7, 2020

The New York Academy of Art Commissioned a Report That Purports to Discredit Claims That the School Enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s Abuses

Despite Maria Farmer's allegations, the academy's board of trustees has asked its embattled chair, Eileen Guggenheim, to remain in her position.

By Rachel Corbett, Jun 30, 2020

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