Wildenstein Family

Wildenstein Family

Daniel Wildenstein, left, and his son, Alec, look over the sculpture garden which Wildenstein housed inside an old firehouse in New York City, December 8, 1965. The interior has been remodeled to serve as a gallery, but in order to discourage curiosity seekers, the dealer left the outside of the firehouse as it was, except for a new paint job. (AP Photo)

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Billionaire Art Collector Daniel Wildenstein’s Estate Owes $17 M. in Taxes in IRS Settlement

The IRS initially thought it would receive some $200 million in tax deficiency and penalties.

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Shanti Escalante-De Mattei
May 10, 2022 12:00 pm

International art dealer Guy Wildenstein arrives at a Paris courtroom, Monday Jan.4, 2016. Wildenstein is going on trial on charges of defrauding the French state of half a billion euros (about $550 million) in taxes, after two relatives tipped off authorities about the family's financial dealings. Wildenstein, 70, Franco-American heir of a New York art-dealing empire, is accused of concealing much of his inherited fortune in trusts held in offshore tax havens. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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Art-Dealing Wildenstein Family Again Faces Tax Trial, Critics on the Coup at the U.S. Capitol, and More: Morning Links from January 7, 2021

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Jan 7, 2021 10:03 am

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