Tag Archives: art

Faint at art

Posted on March 31, 2021 by Susan Grossey author

It’s a tricky thing, art.  No – I don’t mean those arguments over whether an unmade bed or a black painted square is art, but the deliberations about when the art world is part of the AML community and when … Continue reading →

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Taking money laundering to ‘art

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Susan Grossey author

“I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like.”  That (very common) attitude might be OK when you’re standing in a gallery trying to make sense of something you’ve seen, but it won’t pass muster if you’re … Continue reading →

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The fine art of future planning

Posted on March 14, 2018 by Susan Grossey author

Thanks to my capacious TV recording device – known in my house as the magic box – I rarely watch anything live any more, except the news and weather.  And so this weekend I finally got around to viewing a … Continue reading →

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Salvator emptor

Posted on November 24, 2017 by Susan Grossey author

The recent record-breaking sale of “Salvator Mundi” highlighted two things – one a surprise, and the other not.  The surprise was that this is the most expensive painting by Leonardo DiCaprio that has ever been sold.  I kid you not: … Continue reading →

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Artful dodges?

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Susan Grossey author

I have written before about the potential for money laundering presented by the art world.  Of course, I know this in theory only: I have never once been the customer of an art auction house.  (I spent some childhood years … Continue reading →

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