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Re:Artist Peter Doig victorious as court agrees '$10m' paint... by x3n0ph3n3 on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @06:18PM (#12355687)
No such duty has ever existed.
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Re:Artist Peter Doig victorious as court agrees '$10m' paint... by gozur88 on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @06:36PM (#12355782)
That's what bothers me about this whole thing. I don't see how you can force an artist to affirmatively authenticate a painting no matter how much money is on the line unless he's somehow contractually obligated to do so.
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Re:Artist Peter Doig victorious as court agrees '$10m' paint... by icebraining on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @06:49PM (#12355841)
I don't think they were claiming he has to affirmatively authenticate it; the issue at stake is that he actively denied making it.
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