
A Questionable Diebenkorn
02/08/22 • 53 min
Two drawings on paper allegedly by the artist Richard Diebenkorn become the first of dozens of problematic works sold by the Knoedler Gallery. Also, a mysterious “Mr. X” enters the picture.
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Two drawings on paper allegedly by the artist Richard Diebenkorn become the first of dozens of problematic works sold by the Knoedler Gallery. Also, a mysterious “Mr. X” enters the picture.
Hosted by Alec Baldwin. Art Fraud is brought to you by iHeart Radio and Cavalry Audio. Our executive producers are Matt DelPiano, Keegan Rosenberger, Andy Terner, Alec Baldwin and Michael Shnayerson. We’re produced by Branden Morgan and Zach McNees. Zach also edited and mixed this episode. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Lindsay Hoffman is our managing producer. Our writer is Michael Shnayerson.
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Art Fraud - A Questionable Diebenkorn
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The art world is an unregulated business billions of dollars. It is essentially a money laundering business. You're working with an artificial scarcity of market, and so it's fraud, with people cutting corners and things happening. It was when Ann Friedman, then the newly minted director of the Knoedler Gallery, first met Gafa Rosales had a soho art opening. Larry Reuben had been pushed out of Knoedler a year earlier in a coup that ended with Ann
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