All posts in Yves Bouvier
The emperor has no clothes: the scams and swindles driving up art prices
For many, the headline-making stunt Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan pulled at Art Basel Miami this year—Cattelan duct taped a banana to a blank white wall, called it “Comedian”, and sold […]
The Bouvier Affair: The Art of Deception?
The art world most commonly makes front-page news when there’s a daring heist, such as the stunning theft this week of up to a billion euros of treasures from Dresden’s […]
When an art dealer single-handedly earns more money than an auction house
Is it possible for an individual art dealer to earn more money than an auction house that’s been in business for 300 years? The answer should be no. Yet Yves […]
Leading auction house Sotheby’s takes legal hit amidst Rybolovlev-Bouvier battle
Just days after the announcement that Sotheby’s is set to be sold for $3.7 billion to a company owned by French media tycoon Patrick Drahi, the company suffered a bruising […]
The good, bad, and the ugly: 2018 in review
As the year draws to an end, it feels like the best time to look back at the art world’s highs and lows. So, we’ve summed 2018 up for you […]
Dmitry Rybolovlev, seller of Leonardo’s ‘Salvator Mundi’, detained in Monaco
On the morning of Tuesday, 6 November, Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev was detained for questioning at the request of a Monaco investigative judge. On November 7, Monaco’s chief prosecutor declared […]
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev launches $380 million USD lawsuit against Sotheby’s
The Bouvier Affair evolved further last week when Russian billionaire and notable art collector Dmitry Rybolovlev launched a $380 million USD lawsuit against Sotheby’s. Yves Bouvier, a Swiss arts dealer, has been alleged to […]
