This Artist Sued Museums for $100 Million for Declining to Show His Work. But a Judge Isn’t Buying It

Eileen Kinsella: Artnet

Artists often feel like the art world is rigged against them. But so far, the courts don’t agree.

A judge has thrown out an antitrust case brought by artist Robert Cenedella—also known as the “Art Bastard”—against the Metropolitan Museum of Art and four other major New York museums for allegedly conspiring to eliminate competition in the art market by showing only a small group of predetermined names. Surprisingly, however, he also left the door open for Cenedella to try again. …Read More

Pictured: Robert Cenedella at the premier of Art Bastard, a film about his life and work, in New York City. Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CAVU Pictures & Concannon Productions.