The work was pulled from a Christie's auction following claims by the Romanian government that it had been unlawfully removed ...

WHOSE EL GRECO IS IT ANYWAY? Romania has secured a "long-term hold" on Saint Sebastian (1610–1614), a painting by El Greco ...

Court filings have since revealed the owner of the El Greco as Dmitry Rybolovlev, the Monaco-based Russian billionaire who consigned 'Salvator Mundi'.

An El Greco painting pulled from a Christie's sale is at the center of a legal dispute brought by Romania. Plus, Independent ...

Dmitry Rybolovlev started out in a grim mountain town 900 miles outside Moscow and made billions in fertilizer. Now he has lost a landmark art case after years of bitter litigation.

Dmitry Rybolovlev arriving at court in New York in January 2024. The Russian billionaire lost his lawsuit against auction house Sotheby's yesterday. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg/Getty Images ...

Dmitry Rybolovlev, left, outside a Manhattan courthouse this week. He testified on Thursday in his lawsuit that accuses Sotheby’s of playing a role in a scheme that led him to overpay for art.

Dmitry Rybolovlev, who made his wealth as head of Russian fertilizer producer Uralkali, alleged in court documents that he was defrauded by Yves Bouvier, a Swiss art dealer who helped him buy 38 ...

A federal jury on Tuesday ruled in favor of Sotheby’s at a trial in which the Russian billionaire oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev accused the auction house of defrauding him out of tens of millions ...

At trial next week, Dmitry Rybolovlev is set to accuse Sotheby’s of helping an art dealer trick him into wildly overspending for works, a claim the company disputes. By Graham Bowley and William K.

A New York federal jury deliberated for a few hours before reaching a decision in Dmitry Rybolovlev's case against Sotheby's, The New York Times reported. The fertilizer titan alleged that the ...