(WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE) "Everybody in the art world thinks he's telling the truth, and thinks I'm crazy, but people outside of the art world are skeptical… I know why he [disavowed the painting]. He did it because he can’t draw. Everything he does is projected, and he sketches it from the picture…This painting we have proves it."

Described as one of the "most bizarre art authentication trials in recent memory," Reb unpacks (paints?) Fletcher v. Doig (7th Cir. 2025).
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00:00 - Intro

01:10 - Case begins

04:18 - What has Peter Doig done?

08:18 - Plaintiffs' counsel is not a quitter

10:34 - OTHER ARTISTS WHO DISAVOWED THEIR WORKS

13:02 - PETER'S LEGAL BUDGET IS HUGE

19:02 - Meanwhile, the Plaintiffs.....

29:39 - U.S. ART MARKET IS THE WILD WEST OF THE LAW

36:47 - What is money laundering, again?

40:29 - TRIAL OUTCOME

29:35 - The sanctions were HOW MUCH?!

51:17 - Reb's Rebuttal

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