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Stolen, Sold and Sued: The Global Art Market in Brief

What’s selling, what’s stolen and what’s happening in galleries internationally, ArtsHub gives you the Global Art Market in brief.

12 Mar 2014

Gina Fairley

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Visual Arts

Basquiat with Oxidized Portrait by Warhol, 1987. Photo: Tseng Kwong Chi, Courtesy Eric Firestone Gallery.

Basquiat’s sister claims Christies offering Fakes

The New York Times reported that a $US1 million lawsuit was filed on 4 March by the sisters of the late Jean–Michel Basquiat against Christies over the sale of purportedly fake works by the celebrated artist.

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Gina Fairley

Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's National Visual Arts Editor. For a decade she worked as a freelance writer and curator across Southeast Asia and was previously the Regional Contributing Editor for Hong Kong based magazines Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. Prior to writing she worked as an arts manager in America and Australia for 14 years, including the regional gallery, biennale and commercial sectors. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW. Twitter: @ginafairley Instagram: fairleygina