The Baltic Arts Center in Northeast England is under investigation. The gallery has “threatened legal action against conceptual artist Chris Burden in an attempt to recover costs of £100,000. Questions have also been raised about a £175,000 commission by former Turner Prize winner Antony Gormley, who now serves as a Baltic trustee. The two cases provide an unusual insight into the financial arrangements between artists and public galleries, which are usually shrouded in confidentiality.”