Posted on Apr 10, 2022
The art world is blacklisting Russian oligarchs amid fears that the billionaires will take...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Go Sanctions!
..."In Moscow, artists are canceling their exhibits in Garage, the museum founded by Dasha Zhukova, a socialite art collector and ex-wife of sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich.
As the world looks to retaliate against sanctioned Russian oligarchs and their "ill-begotten gains," the notoriously opaque art industry is attempting to cut off decades-long relationships with the foreign tycoons.
But while personal assets like yachts, mansions, and jets are seized in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, experts told Insider the $50 billion art industry faces "gaping holes" when it comes to the question of ownership."...
..."In Moscow, artists are canceling their exhibits in Garage, the museum founded by Dasha Zhukova, a socialite art collector and ex-wife of sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich.
As the world looks to retaliate against sanctioned Russian oligarchs and their "ill-begotten gains," the notoriously opaque art industry is attempting to cut off decades-long relationships with the foreign tycoons.
But while personal assets like yachts, mansions, and jets are seized in the wake of the Ukraine invasion, experts told Insider the $50 billion art industry faces "gaping holes" when it comes to the question of ownership."...
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