Topic
Art Fraud
20 published works
Investigation Counsel
Canadian Conservation Institute Helped Expose Massive Norval Morrisseau Art Fraud
Scientific analysis by a little-known federal agency helped investigators uncover evidence tied to what police have described as the largest art fraud case in Canadian history. The Canadian Conservation Institute…
Art Law Perspectives
Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges & Other Stories
By Jana Farmer
NORTH AMERICA Disgraced Art Dealer Inigo Philbrick Indicted on Federal Fraud Charges A New York grand jury has indicted art dealer Inigo Philbrick on federal charges of wire fraud and…
Art Law Perspectives
Paris Dealer Who Sold Golden Sarcophagus to the Met Charged with Money Laundering & Other Stories
Paris Dealer Charged with Fraud and Money Laundering in Sale of Golden Sarcophagus to the Met French art dealer and Mediterranean archeology expert Christophe Kunicki was charged with fraud and…
Chicago Business Litigation Lawyer Blog
In Lawsuits Alleging Fraud and Abuse, Is the Victim the Patient or the Consumer? — Best Chicago Fraud Lawyers — Chicago Consumer Fraud Defense Attorneys Near Elmhurst and Naperville
By Peter S. Lubin, Patrick Austermuehle
What if you paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for new, original paintings by a famous artist, only to be told that the artist hasn’t painted in years and the…
Intellectual Property
Manhattan Art Dealer Admits To Fraud In Multi-Million Dollar Art Fraud Case
In recent art world news, a Manhattan art dealer, Ezra Chowaiki, who was accused of defrauding art collectors and dealers around the country last year, has pleaded guilty to one…
Intellectual Property
Artist Disavows Painting; Sued for $5 Million
Scottish artist Peter Doig claims he didn’t paint the painting depicted below, and now he is forced to prove it at trial. The New York Times recently reported on this…
Business and Commercial
The Knoedler Gallery Litigation – Can Art Buyers Rely on Dealer Representations?
The once renowned art gallery – the Knoedler Gallery – is embroiled in lengthy litigation out of the district court for the Southern District of New York involving an alleged…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article On New York Art Gallery Fraud
Megan Haslach (University of Washington School of Law) recently published an article entitled, Consignment catastrophes: lessons from New York's art gallery fraud, 10 Wash. J. L. Tech. & Arts 125-136 (2014). Provided…
Cultural Assets
Art Consignment and the Risk of Fraud
Kevin Ray authored an article for the December 2015 issue of The Secured Lender which discusses art consignment fraud. Click here to read the full article.
Other
Update: Indictment of Freeport King Yves Bouvier
Earlier this month we posted about the arrest of Yves Bouivier, the high-profile Swiss art broker who was indicted for fraud and money laundering. Recent reports now confirm that a…