WhatsApp Founder Profile Targets Interior Designers and More: Morning Links
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- The National Museum of Korea is in hot water with its directors after they posted photos of suspected fraudsters.
- WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum has filed a lawsuit against high-flying interior designer Remi Tessier over a $7.8 million Picasso.
- Why do young collectors buy old paintings?
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“Killer” explodes. Photos posted on social media have landed National Museum of Korea in hot water, Wion News write a letter. The museum reportedly uploaded director Yoo Hong-Jun stand next to Bang Si-Hyukalso known as “Killer” explosion The South Korean music executive, record producer and songwriter has an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. So is he Hybea multinational entertainment company. Under the now-deleted photo, the museum posted the caption: ” National Museum Foundation of Korea (NMF) Signed a memorandum of understanding with Hybe to spread Korean cultural heritage and K culture. However, one user wrote on X: “He is under criminal investigation and they posted… crazy work. “It turned out that the explosion was allegedly suspected of violating capital market lawand Financial Crime Investigation Division of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Department He is banned from traveling abroad. He is also allegedly involved in stock fraud related to Hybe’s listing. korea stock exchange 2019.
Friendly advice. Remi Tessierone of the world’s most exclusive, high-priced interior designers whose elite clients include billionaires like Larry Ellison and Ken Griffin, is now facing serious accusations from one of his most illustrious customers: WhatsApp Co-founder Jan Koum. this new york post Report says Koum has filed lawsuit against Tessier “Prey mode ”, alleging that the designer was inflating prices and misrepresenting the quality and origins of the luxury goods represented by Koum. Tessier had worked with Koum on a luxury portfolio that included five homes, including two $100 million estates in California, and two Nearly identical 330-foot yachts, and one that each cost more than $700 million, it’s a family, it’s a family, it’s a family, it’s a family, it’s a quadrillion dollars,” Gibson Dunn said. “It’s about protecting others,” said Dunn’s Orin Snyder. ” One example cited in the filing involves the purchase of Koum $7.8 million Picasso Tips for painting Tessier. Qom claimed that Tessier secretly received $600,000 Commissioned from the gallery without disclosing it.
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Belgian Fleming Flemish Minister of Culture announced Caroline Gennez on Monday. [Belga News]
Sotheby’s Appointed Evelyn Lin as Chair of Modern and Modern Art. She will assume her new role on November 3. [Sotheby’s]
The raiders have broken in Wales‘Most popular museum and stolen gold jewelery from the Bronze Age. [The Guardian]
this Musée d’Orsay have Manet In a (mock) trial on obscenity charges. [ARTnews]
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Young blood, old paint. Why do young collectors buy old art? this is what Artnet News ask master fritz director Emanuela Tarizzo Ahead of next week’s art fair, wrote: “She has mastered the fair at a time of economic downturn in the wider market, but is concerned about old master work. ”According to the recent Artnet Reports indicate that global auction sales of Old Masters increased by 24% in the first half of 2025. So why are younger buyers snapping up old masters? “This shift corresponds to the generational shift from baby boomers to millennials,” Tarizzo said. “We’re seeing a shift in taste. You notice it in the interiors of magazines — there’s a growing appetite for what some would call ‘extremist’ or more idiosyncratic, with older art, antique furniture and modern pieces all sitting together.”
