Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Hilton Daughter Likes Art! (Bad Art, Which She Doesn't Pay For)

Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 1:12 PM

Alexander Presniakov painting
Mystery Hilton family member Hawley Ann Hilton (b. 1949) recently bought some art from kitschy Russian artist Alexander Presniakov. Or rather, as Reuters recounts, she acquired some pieces from Presniakov that she was expected to pay $10 million for — how, exactly, the artist's work is worth that much money confuses the hell out of me — but never coughed up the dough and is now being sued by the artist.

Presniakov is a portraitist to the rich and powerful (previous sitters include Ronald Reagan and Princess Diana), though as you'll note from his painting at right (or those on his website), his stuff is tacky as hell. Still, he regularly sells his wares for upwards of $1 million apiece, which makes me wonder what the pieces he made for Hilton were. Portraits of the whole family? The evolution of the Hilton logo? All the company's hotels in Hilton's hometown of Las Vegas? Any personal assistants to the Hilton family feel like giving us the inside scoop?

(via ARTFORUM)

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I don't understand whose leg is straddling the water jug.

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Posted by KateBD on September 3, 2009 at 10:16 AM

Here's the inside scoop! The attorney sued the wrong Ann Hilton. OOPS! The one they are looking for is not even directly related to the Hilton family. The attorney and the artist are just trying to make a name for themselves and ended up slandering the Hilton family. The family is pissed to say the least and reviewing their legal options!

You will see the lawsuit be withdrawn in LA shortly by the attorney as he bows out with his tail between his legs. Notice how the attorney is promoting himself and the artist in his self written press release?

Also, the attorney didn't check the fact's of the story either. There was no contract and no negotiations involved. I will provide more information when the rest of the story starts to shed light. The attorney should run from this client and lick his wounds as soon as possible before he really get's thrown to the wolves. LOL!!!!

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Posted by Insider on September 4, 2009 at 7:33 AM

I know this creep of an "Artist", and he is a shyster who goes around and preys on senior citizens to steal their money. He is a total idiot thinking he is much more than he really is. Poor pathetic looser...

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Posted by disgusted on February 18, 2010 at 3:35 AM
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