Art in its Abstract

Richard Diebenkorn (foundation in Berkeley) - Californian. Died in 1993.
- Ocean Park #48 $13.5m, 1971 painting.

Catalogue raisonne: genuine works (comprehensive list)

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Others:
Clare McAndrew, founder of Art Economics (consultancy)
Sharon Flescher, director of International Foundation Foundation for Art Research
Veronique Wiesinger, chief curator at France's ministry of culture (Alberto Giacometti)
***Ronald Spencer, art lawyer & author: "The Expert and the Object"
- scholars reluctant to give opinion, forgers finds it easier to circulate fakes, buyers pays less for art.
Christopher Van de Weghe, NY art dealer - good new catalogue raisonne of Modigliani drawings published... Price would rise by 1/5 (20%)

Andy Warhol Foundation dissolved due to $7m lawsuit
Estate of Jean-Michel Basquiat & Keith Haring Foundation & Roy Lichtenstein Foundation - stopped.
Foundation of Alberto et Annette Giocometti

Jackson Pollock (mimicking Rembrandt)
Marc Restellini (Parisian art historian), head of Pinacotheque de Paris - Amedeo Modigliani, died young 1920; one painting fetched $69m at Sotheby's auction 2 years ago.

Isamu Noguchi, Japanses-American sculptor. (project manager: Shaina Larrivee)

Shin-Yi Yang, curator in Beijing : living artists make more money as they can personally assure the paintings themselves.

Courtauld Institute of Art London - authenticate 600 paintings by Francis Bacon (died 1992)