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The 1%

Posted inArt

Some of the Art World’s Largest Donors Have Paid Millions to Squelch a Wealth Tax

Avatar photo by Hannah Cole March 13, 2020March 13, 2020

A decades-long campaign by the ultra-wealthy, including the Koch, deVos, Mars, Bass, and Walton families, has successfully misinformed United States taxpayers about what the estate tax actually is and who it affects.

Posted inOpinion

An Escape Pod for the 1%

by Robert Cicetti October 26, 2012October 29, 2012

Wes Heiss’s presentation of “Chariot” at Vox Populi, an artist-run gallery in Philly, is a modest proposal for an uber-wealthy escape pod. Offering all the trappings of a trade show, Heiss’s exhibition convincingly makes a case for protecting oneself from a plebeian demise.

Posted inOpinion

Billionaire Art Fight: Perelman v Gagosian

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian September 13, 2012

New York billionaire Ron Perelman is filing for “divorce” from his art mentor/dealer Larry Gagosian and the two A-listers are battling over three art works worth over $25 million.

Posted inOpinion

The Shadowy World of Art in Tax-free Ports

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian May 24, 2012May 31, 2012

“The majority of the world’s art that is not on display, either in museums or private residences, is stored in a small number of tax-free ports across the globe, mainly in Switzerland.”

Posted inNews

Met Museum Gets $20M from Astor Estate but Childe Hassam Painting Still Missing

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian March 28, 2012April 2, 2012

When 1%-ers die, their deaths take far longer than then the deaths of 99%-ers. If their memories don’t linger among their friends and family — or at least their family foundations — then at least their afterlives continue in the courts for years, if not longer.

Posted inOpinion

Girlfriend of NY Mayor Tells Sotheby’s Art Handlers to Eat Cake

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian December 3, 2011December 13, 2011

DNAinfo points to a YouTube video that shows the locked out Sotheby’s art handlers and members of Occupy Wall Street confronting Diana Taylor, the partner of New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and a member of the Sotheby’s board, at the December 1st meeting of Hudson River Park Trust. It’s not good for Taylor.

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