After two years of legal battles between Australian art dealer Tove Langridge and several artists, Queensland Police charged the TW Fine Art owner with nine theft offenses on December 20, 2023. The police also seized 20 works of art from storage units leased by Langridge. As first reported by the Art Newspaper, the criminal charges follow several artists’ claims that Langridge conducted transactions without their consent or payment. The artists alleged that he did not give them sales proceeds, that he has not returned their works, and that he withheld income from his art advisory, which leases paintings to businesses and provides prints to hotels. Related Articles Alana Kushnir, a Melbourne-based curator, adviser, and art lawyer representing the artists, told the Art Newspaper that police have charged a gallery owner for “theft where an artwork has been sold on consignment and the sale proceeds have not been remitted to the artist. The repetitious nature of the conduct adds to the seriousness of it.” TW Fine Art was launched by Langridge in 2014 as an “online …