"Shani announced the decision to pull out of the deal in a statement on Instagram today, February 17, citing "numerous horrific allegations" in documents recently published by the Department of Justice (DOJ). "Behind these allegations, whose specifics many of us have read with horror, behind the geopolitical implications, the many unsurprising ties to the art world, behind the gossip, behind the observations about global networks of power, behind the spectacle of violence are human beings, victims: young women, children, often from precarious backgrounds, real lives exploited and destroyed,""
"Black, the former chief executive of Apollo Global Management and a current trustee at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), purchased Phaidon in 2012 as a personal investment. His connections to Jeffrey Epstein came under scrutiny in 2019, when it was first revealed that Black paid the disgraced financier $158 million for "financial advice" in the period following Epstein's first conviction for sex trafficking minors. Black maintains that he was unaware of Epstein's criminal activities and has denied any wrongdoing."
British artist and Turner Prize winner Tai Shani withdrew a forthcoming monograph with Phaidon after Department of Justice documents contained graphic sexual assault allegations. Shani cited "numerous horrific allegations" and emphasized that victims—often young women and children from precarious backgrounds—have been exploited and destroyed. Phaidon is owned by Leon Black, who bought the publisher in 2012 as a personal investment and serves as a MoMA trustee. Black’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein came under scrutiny after reports that he paid Epstein $158 million for "financial advice" following Epstein’s first conviction; Black denies awareness of criminal activity and denies wrongdoing. Regulators and lawsuits have continued to probe these connections.
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