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Above the Fold Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Flesh and Spirit’ is at the center of an art family’s legal feud As Sotheby's prepares to auction the virtually unseen Basquiat piece next week for an estimated $30 million, a disinherited art collector is accusing the auction... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Jean-Michel Basquiat’s ‘Flesh and Spirit’ is at the center of an art family’s legal feud As Sotheby's prepares to auction the virtually unseen Basquiat piece next week for an estimated $30 million, a disinherited art collector is accusing the auction... by Caroline Christie