Gagosian Gallery and Qataris wrangle over Picasso sculpture

Two art world power players are going head to head. Tuesday morning, the New York dealer Larry Gagosian sued the agent of the Qatari royal family over the sale of a 1931 sculptural bust of Picasso’s mistress Marie-Thérèse, currently on display in the Museum of Modern Art.
As the New York Times reports, in documents filed in Manhattan federal court, Gagosian says he bought the sculpture in good faith for about $106m from Picasso’s daughter, Maya Widmaier-Picasso, in May