07 May, 2011

Artworld Scandal - UK

" .. when Philip Mould, a Mayfair gallery owner and Antiques Roadshow regular, came under attack from a poison pen writer .. Mould hired private investigators as a last resort – and within days they had made a discovery which has sent shockwaves through the art world. The author of the dirty tricks campaign was unmasked as Mark Weiss, one of London’s most respected art dealers"

For two years he fought to save his reputation, and his marriage, as false allegations of infidelity and financial problems were planted in newspapers and on the internet by an unidentified enemy.

full story
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8498981/Mayfair-art-dealer-Mark-Weiss-in-disgrace-after-admitting-poison-pen-campaign-against-rival-Philip-Mould.html


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