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Ron Perelman's $410m insurance trial is testing the limits of art valuation

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That is, presenting findings from Jennifer Mass, the president of Scientific Analysis of Fine Art, his lawyers argued that damage from fire or damp could shorten the “lifespan” of a painting through damage to compounds which are as yet invisible. It’s a challenge that is familiar from authenticity and attribution cases.

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Anxious collectors are increasingly turning to freeport havens, experts say

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Expert and restorer in fake Versailles furniture scandal found guilty

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Art market Crime Forgeries Versailles Share Subscribe to The Art Newspaper’s digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox. “I was the head and Desnoues was the hands”, he told the judges.

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Comment | Artnet sale underscores its impact on the industry—and its limitations in today's landscape

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Art market Artnet Auctions Share Subscribe to The Art Newspaper’s digital newsletter for your daily digest of essential news, views and analysis from the international art world delivered directly to your inbox. Monetising art now needs more imagination.

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‘Momentous’: Italy to slash art VAT to 5%, the lowest rate in the EU

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Tim Blum will phase out traditional gallery model, close Los Angeles and Tokyo locations

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In 2023, Poe left the gallery , which was renamed to reflect the change. A previous space on New York’s Upper East Side closed in 2023, and a gallery representative said Blum is still determining how to use a Tribeca space that was meant for a new gallery location. “Of Of course I’ll still be buying and selling art,” Blum told Artnews.

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To help preserve her works, Cindy Sherman is offering to destroy and reprint old photographs

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The free-to-access platform will launch in stages and include high-resolution images, edition information, public holdings, provenance and contextual analysis for use by scholars, curators and collectors. The catalogue raisonné will document each work with images, exhibition history and scholarship,” Lee says.