The media almost always overlook what is truly interesting about fakes: not who made them, who sold them, or who was in on the scam and who was not, but what they tell us about art and those who produce it.
Knoedler
Posted inFilm
A Very Rich Take on the Largest Art Fraud in US History
When you’re surrounded by courtiers who serve your every need, are you really surprised when a few of them end up being jesters and sycophants?
Posted inIn Brief
Knoedler Gallery Sold a Signed Jackson “Pollok”
The latest twist in the Knoedler & Co. forgery scandal involves something quite basic: spelling.
Posted inArt
The Art of Art Lawsuits
What has really riveted the attention of the art world in the last few seasons is the law.
Posted inOpinion
Contract Fever: The Legal Dance of Gallerists, Buyers, and Artists
“Above $1 million, you kind of expect it now. These are business people who are used to contracts accompanying every sale they make. It is the same to them if they are buying or selling companies or artwork.”
Posted inNews
Knoedler Gallery Canoodler Glafira Rosales Arrested for Allegedly Hiding $12.5M
Glafira Rosales, the Long Island art dealer who has long been under investigation for allegedly selling counterfeit artworks by major 20th century figures, was arrested today and charged with tax fraud connected with $12.5 million of income secreted in Spanish accounts.
Posted inOpinion
Required Reading
This week, Knoedler scandal update, pleasure of art, how Cecil Beaton saved the Queen, Philippe Starck talks creativity/$/sex, rare African art, ringtone drama, Montreal artists remember slain homeless man, Rupert Murdoch’s art tweets, NY streets and the capital of Stolen Islamic art.
Posted inOpinion
Required Reading
This week, Charles Saatchi drops a bomb, can art portray the economic crisis, public art in New York, Knoedler closes, a giant forgery scandal and sales from the 2011 Miami art fairs.
