KAPERNEKAS v. BRANDHORST

No. 08 Civ 4046 (JSR).

638 F.Supp.2d 426 (2009)

Venetia KAPERNEKAS, Plaintiff, v. Udo Fritz-Hermann BRANDHORST, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 31, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Aubrey Wait, Fox Rothschild, LLP, New York, NY, Robert E. Goldman, Fox Rothschild L.L.P., Warrington, PA, for Plaintiff.

Alyssa Norma Koerner, Chaya Fraeda Weinberg-Brodt, Withers Bergman, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

JED S. RAKOFF, District Judge.

The parties here dispute the rightful ownership of two works of art by contemporary artist Damien Hirst: a 20-foot tall, six-ton painted bronze statue titled "Hymn," and a mixed media piece titled "Pill Cabinet," allegedly valued collectively at $30-45 million.

Plaintiff Venetia Kapernekas, a self-described "gallerist, collector, and general supporter of the arts community in New York and abroad...

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