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Graffiti Artist RETNA Claims an Auction House Sold His Stolen Work
The graffiti artist says that his former landlord and Heritage Auctions illegally seized his property for profit.
Today, a Dallas-based auction house sold off what it called the “intimate” contents of the Los Angeles studio of RETNA, a graffiti artist whose hieroglyphic-like calligraphy has, over the course of three decades, appeared on streets, museum walls, the façade of a Louis Vuitton store, and the cover of a Justin Bieber album. Andon said, “When I proudly called Irena to notify her I was ready to wire the funds, she moved the goalposts to $450,000 with no explanation, financial breakdown, or accounting.” (Knorr did not respond to a request for comment.) Heritage wouldn’t be involved in anything if it was unlawful.” He produced a court order from May that had granted the landlord possession of the materials in RETNA’s studio and a notice giving the artist 18 days to reclaim it.
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