Yves Bouvier’s legal woes just won’t end. In November 2024, a Paris appeals court ruled that the Swiss art dealer must stand trial over the disappearance of 58 Picassos from a storage unit that he rented to Picasso’s stepdaughter, Catherine Hutin-Blay. This ruling adds yet another chapter to what has become known as “the Bouvier Affair”, a saga that exposed some shadowy corners of the art world.
Art dealer Yves Bouvier made his fortune by helping collectors purchase rare and expensive works of art. Between 2002 and 2014, Bouvier aided Russian billionaire/oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev in acquiring 38 masterpieces – from the likes of Chagall, Rothko, and da Vinci.
But trust ultimately turned to suspicion, and the Bouvier/Rybolovlev relationship… [read or listen to the rest of the piece here]
