Artlog

Salander, Upper East Side Art Dealer, Accused of Cheating Clients

found by dylan / March 31st / Source: www.nytimes.com

“A once-prominent art dealer was arrested on Thursday on an indictment charging that he stole $88 million from investors, collectors and artists who had consigned paintings and sculpture to his Upper East Side gallery, the authorities said…

‘Why sell it once when you can sell it three times?’ [The Manhattan district attorney, Robert M. Morgenthau] said at a news conference called to announce a 100-count indictment accusing Mr. Salander of grand larceny, falsifying business records, scheming to defraud investors, forging documents and perjury.

Mr. Morgenthau said the charges covered transactions with 26 victims going back to 1994, among them the tennis star John McEnroe. Mr. Morgenthau said the investigation was continuing, raising the possibility that the extent of the theft could climb. One official with direct knowledge of the investigation said the authorities believed that Mr. Salander’s take actually exceeded $100 million.”

New Museum Announces 50 Artists for "Younger than Jesus" @artforum.com

by dylan / February 9th / Source: artforum.com

“The New Museum has announced the names of fifty of the artists for the first edition of its triennial exhibition “The Generational”; the first show, subtitled “Younger than Jesus,” is curated by Lauren Cornell, Massimiliano Gioni, and Laura Hoptman. Beginning April 8, approximately 145 works by the artists, all of whom are under the age of thirty-three, will fill the New Museum building in New York.”