Can you help me find an article about a fine art scandal?

September 15, 2016 10:53 AM

This article was previously posted to Metafilter, I believe within the last year. It was a long story about a man who worked as a fine art shipper who moved up in the ranks to become an art dealer.

The scandal was related to the fact that he was acting as both a buyer and a dealer to a client. He would buy a piece of art, mark up the price, and then "broker" a sale to his client. It was morally corrupt but potentially legal.

posted by turtlebackriding to MetaFilter-Related at 10:53 AM (7 comments total)

You must be thinking of "The Bouvier Affair," by Sam Knight, from the New Yorker (February 8 & 15, 2016). I too thought it had been on MeFi, but I'm not finding it.
posted by languagehat at 10:56 AM on September 15, 2016 [3 favorites]

This one?
posted by Etrigan at 11:01 AM on September 15, 2016

Aha. So why did that not turn up when I did a site search on Bouvier??
posted by languagehat at 3:20 PM on September 15, 2016

If you started your search from e.g. this MetaTalk thread, you'd have ended up with the drop down defaulting to MetaTalk rather than either the blue or all sites, so that could do it.
posted by cortex (staff) at 4:13 PM on September 15, 2016

I did a MetaTalk search for Bouvier and it led me to this thread where Etrigan links to the post in question.
posted by beerperson at 8:30 PM on September 15, 2016 [1 favorite]

I did a metatalk search for recursive and it led me to this thread where beerperson links to a thread where Etrigan links to the post in question.
posted by felix grundy at 7:49 AM on September 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

Missed this article when it was in print. So interesting!
posted by radioamy at 12:19 PM on September 18, 2016