# @hyperallergic on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-10-08T17:12:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hyperallergic (@hyperallergic) — https://gondola.cc/hyperallergic

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Artist Odili Donald Odita is suing Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City for allegedly wrongfully retaining over $1 million worth of artwork as it “failed to adequately protect and sell” his paintings.

The lawsuit centers around a relatively standard gallery arrangement. An August 2016 letter of agreement stated that the gallery would pay Odita monthly stipends of $14,000, offsetting these advance payments through sales of his work. When sales generated more revenue than advances paid out, Odita would be paid the surplus at year’s end. Should there be a deficit — that is, less artwork revenue than monthly stipends paid out — the gallery would “review the monthly payments to determine what adjustments must be made,” the agreement said.

After operating under these terms for eight years, in October 2024, a senior director at Jack Shainman notified the artist that his monthly stipends would be halted, citing a “large outstanding deficit,” the lawsuit states. 

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Odili Donald Odita at the 2025 MoMA Black Arts Council Benefit at on April 3, 2025 in New York City (photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

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