by Jessica | May 20, 2013 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Crime, Exhibitions
Art Republic Gallery in Soho were going to put on an exhibition of Chemical X’s latest artwork due to start on Friday 17th May 2013, however because the artwork contained two pieces made up of over 12,000 ecstasy tablets, perhaps rather unsurprisingly, the art...
by Jessica | May 3, 2012 | Art Law, Crime, Fakes and Forgeries
In the wake of the Beltracchi gang’s trial in Germany, Britain has its own prolific art forgery case to report about. The case concerns the Mumford gang, who were sentenced today at Southwark Crown Court by His Honour Judge Gledhill. The gang had come to the attention...
by Jessica | Apr 28, 2012 | Art Law, Art Lawyer, Crime, Photography
A striking erotic photograph by Derrick Santini called “a fool for love”, which is a modern depiction of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan on display at Ronnie Woods’s sons gallery Scream in Bruton Street London caused a stir last Saturday –...
by Jessica | Apr 15, 2012 | Art Law, Crime, Fakes and Forgeries
“You have to know how the art market works. Where is the greatest greed?” Master Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi One great problem that continues to face the art trade is fakes and forgeries. This is not a new problem and has faced the art market from the beginnings of...
by Jessica | Apr 14, 2012 | Art Law, Crime
On Wednesday 11th April the Serbian police made 4 arrests in Belgrade and the town Cacak and recovered according to local media the Paul Cezanne painting, the Boy in a Red Waistcoat, (worth more than 68 million pounds) that was stolen in 2008 from the E.G.Buehrle...
by Jessica | Mar 27, 2012 | Art Law, Crime
The Antiques Trade Gazette dated 26th March 2012 reports that on 20th April, 4 people will appear at Swindon Crown Court for a pleas and directions hearing for a series of fraud charges that involve using foreign based credit cards to bid in high value jewellery...
