As the Art World Watches, an Oligarch Takes an Auction House to Court (New York Times)

New York Times, January 4, 2024 

As the Art World Watches, an Oligarch Takes an Auction House to Court 

On the same day in 2012 that Bouvier wrote that email, one of his companies bought the painting for $126 million. Two days later, he invoiced Rybolovlev for $183.8 million. ‘It’s a rare moment to see this level of transparency in these sort of art market transactions which are normally private and are not discussed even in open court,’ said Amelia Brankov, an art market lawyer and chair of the art market committee of the New York City Bar Association.