The Hill: "Not a pretty picture: Money laundering and America's art market" - Aug 8, 2020
Last week, a U.S. Senate subcommittee released results of a bipartisan investigation that confirms what the Antiquities Coalition and many members of the anti-money-laundering community have long warned: Bad actors are exploiting the $28.3 billion American art market — with serious consequences for the United States and our national security. (Opinion)
Artnet: "Swiss authorities are investigating embattled art dealer Yves Bouvier for evading as much as $360 million in taxes" - Aug 4, 2020
Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court ordered documents unsealed that call into question whether the dealer declared all profits from sales made to Dimitry Rybolovlev.
Artnet News: "The Gray Market: Why a Senate Investigation Suggests Art-Market Self-Regulation Is Fatally Flawed (and Other Insights)" - Aug 3, 2020
Our columnist gives his takeaways from a sordid report on how two sanctioned Russian billionaires laundered millions through the art market. (Opinion)