LINKS

• NEW YORK. "Collector sues Gagosian Gallery for selling him a painting partially owned by Met." Previous owner Charles Cowles (former publisher of Artforum and longtime dealer) thought he "could use the money" and "now it's a big mess"!
• NEW YORK. The latest case of double standards in the deaccessioning debate, as Donn Zaretsky rightfully points out.
• LONDON. Christie's chief operating officer Lisa King resigns after 15 years at the company. This is the second major shake-up in the management of the auction house since it named (not uncontroversially) former publishing exec Steven Murphy as the new CEO last September.
• PARIS. "He was not saying that the footage was taken from my films; he was calling it his own work of art.” Court awards Marina Abramovic €75,000 in damages and names her co-author of the film Balkan Baroque (1998). Contrast with the outcome in the Dutch litigation where contract governed the relationship between the parties.
• BENTOVILLE, AR. Judith H. Dobrzynski  on the latest plans for Crystal Bridges' galleries. [Cf. Fisk litigation and last update here].
• Amusing: art fair heaven and hell.