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A reclusive billionaire, a ‘fearless’ dealer and a globe-spanning feud over priceless art
Jacob Silverman11/4/2026
New documentary “The Oligarch and the Art Dealer” draws on Panama Papers reporting to explore the multibillion-dollar falling out between Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev and Swiss art broker Yves Bouvier. Before everything turned sour, Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev and Swiss art world figure Yves Bouvier had a flourishing partnership. Bouvier, a self-proclaimed “fearless” wheeler-dealer, was pioneering the freeport model — a kind of free-trade zone for art, where the ultra wealthy could stash and trade expensive pieces without the art ever leaving the building.
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