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Stropheus Art Law @stropheus

Art lawyers & art business specialists offering unbundled ser­vices to artists, gallerists, col­lec­tors, and museums.

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Italy seizes 500 fake Francis Bacon works theguardian.com/world/2021/s…

Italy seizes 500 fake Francis Bacon works

Five people have been charged with criminal conspiracy to authenticate and circulate fake works of art

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Tintin heirs lose legal battle over artist’s Edward Hopper mashups theguardian.com/books/2021/m…

Tintin heirs lose legal battle over artist’s Edward Hopper mashups

French artist Xavier Marabout wins case and €10,000 in damages after Moulinsart contacted galleries displaying his art

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Opinion | The Art Market Often Works in Secret. Here’s a Look Inside. (Published 2021)

These maps reveal patterns of ownership for NFT-based creations.

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‘We go after them like pitbulls’ – the art detective who hunts stolen Picassos and lost Matisses theguardian.com/artanddesign…

‘We go after them like pitbulls’ – the art detective who hunts stolen Picassos and lost Matisses

Christopher Marinello has spent three decades finding missing masterpieces, recovering half a billion dollars’ worth of art. He talks about threats from mobsters, tricky negotiations – and bungling...

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Maine Officials Say Artist’s Estate Overpaid Lawyers by $3.7 Million (Published 2021)

The attorney general demanded in a court filing that the executor for Robert Indiana’s estate repay almost half its legal expenses so far.

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Cambodia is turning the tide on looted statues, but some things cannot be returned theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Cambodia is turning the tide on looted statues, but some things cannot be returned | Ashley...

While we celebrate the repatriation of $50m of ancient Khmer objects, the damage to Cambodian society is permanent, say Asian art specialists Ashley Thompson and Stephen Murphy

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The Mystery of the Painting Thieves Love (Published 2021)

What is it about a Frans Hals painting housed at a tiny Dutch museum that has made it so popular with thieves, who have stolen it three times since 1988?

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Michael Moore: The Terrorist Attack Is NOT Over. youtu.be/tQCsVVVknzQ via @YouTube Personal and detailed warning for the coming days.

Michael Moore: The Terrorist Attack Is NOT Over. | Rumble with...

Many of the attackers are still in D.C. They were aided and abetted...

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France's highest court orders retrial of art-dealing Wildenstein family theguardian.com/world/2021/j…

France's highest court orders retrial of art-dealing Wildenstein family

Guy Wildenstein and others face new trial after court annuls 2018 tax fraud acquittal

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Revisited: Leonardo da Vinci and the mystery of the world's most expensive painting theguardian.com/news/audio/2…

Revisited: Leonardo da Vinci and the mystery of the world's most expensive painting – podcast

Salvator Mundi was sold for a record $450m at auction in 2017 to an anonymous bidder. But the painting’s provenance as the work of Leonardo has been called into question

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Banana Republic Is Being Sued For Use Of Stylish Ampersand Across Ads - DesignTAXI.com

A typographer has accused the fashion brand of using his design without permission.

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One Caravaggio coming right up! Adam Lowe, the art world's master faker theguardian.com/artanddesign…

One Caravaggio coming right up! Adam Lowe, the art world's master faker

From the tomb of Tutankhamun to Raphael’s Sistine masterpieces, Adam Lowe makes perfect copies for governments and galleries the world over. But he’s not a forger – he’s a liberator

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Dutch Jewish family allege bias over refusal to return €20m painting theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Dutch Jewish family allege bias over refusal to return €20m painting

Kandinsky work was bought by Amsterdam council during Nazi occupation of the Netherlands

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Two Museums Tried to Sell Art. Only One Caught Grief About it. (Published 2020)

The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum both planned on selling works last Wednesday at auction, but Baltimore paused the sale after much criticism.

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Atlanta Photographer Speaks Out on Image Used in Controversial UK Ad

Atlanta photographer Krys Alex speaks out on an image of hers that was cropped and used in a controversial UK government ad campaign.

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2 Broke Artists Started a Bakery at Home. It’s a Pandemic Hit. nytimes.com/2020/10/21/world…

2 Broke Artists Started a Bakery at Home. It’s a Pandemic Hit. (Published 2020)

They didn’t have an oven. Their apartment resembled Santa’s workshop set up in a dorm room. But two rookie bakers are thriving in Mexico City, where food and entrepreneurism go hand-in-hand.

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Marian Goodman on Closing Her London Gallery: ‘Brexit Has Changed London’s Role’ artnews.com/art-news/market/… via @artnews
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Man Takes Banksy Art He Pulled From Wall To The 'Antiques Roadshow' And It Doesn't Go Well

The man learned a valuable lesson about removing street art from its original location.

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The great reopening – how Britain's galleries Covid-proofed themselves theguardian.com/artanddesign…

The great reopening – how Britain's galleries Covid-proofed themselves

From London to Llandudno to Dundee, museums are back in business. So is it now safe to view art – and how will they cope with the drastic drop in numbers?

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