63: "Yes, I took acid, but that is NOT my painting..." | The Bizarre Trial of Peter Doig
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(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "Everybody in the art world thinks he's telling the truth, and thinks I'm crazy, but people outside of the art world are skeptical… I know why he [disavowed the painting]. He did it because he can’t draw. Everything he does is projected, and he sketches it from the picture…This painting we have proves it."
Described as one of the "most bizarre art authentication trials in recent memory," Reb unpacks (paints?) Fletcher v. Doig (7th Cir. 2025).
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00:00 - Intro
01:10 - Case begins
04:18 - What has Peter Doig done?
08:18 - Plaintiffs' counsel is not a quitter
10:34 - OTHER ARTISTS WHO DISAVOWED THEIR WORKS
13:02 - PETER'S LEGAL BUDGET IS HUGE
19:02 - Meanwhile, the Plaintiffs.....
29:39 - U.S. ART MARKET IS THE WILD WEST OF THE LAW
36:47 - What is money laundering, again?
40:29 - TRIAL OUTCOME
29:35 - The sanctions were HOW MUCH?!
51:17 - Reb's Rebuttal
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