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Japanese Museum Refunded for Fake Wolfgang Beltracchi Painting

11/25/2025

A painting determined to be the work of “genius forger” Wolfgang Beltracchi in Japan’s Tokushima Modern Art Museum, it was returned and refunded for 67.2 million yen ($426,000) by an Osaka-based company on Wednesday, November 19, reported the Mainichi. The …

Метки : искусствоподделкавольфганг белтраккияпониямузейрасследование

Faked Artworks in Japan Linked to Forger Wolfgang Beltracchi

11/04/2025

A painting long hailed as a Moïse Kisling masterwork, held in the collection of a Japanese company, has been linked to notorious art forger Wolfgang Beltracchi—the latest in a wave of such discoveries shaking Japan’s fine art scene. For years, …

Метки : искусствоподделкаяпонияскандалkislingбельтраки

Italian police seize 21 suspected forgeries attributed to Dalí

10/03/2025

This week the Italian authorities seized 21 suspected forgeries attributed to Salvador Dalí from a major monographic show titled “Dalí, Between Art and Myth” in the northern city of Parma.The exhibition of 80 drawings, engravings, and tapestries opened at Palazzo …

Метки : искусствоподделкадали#культураиталиярасследование

Forged Polish Painting Returns to the National Museum in Poznań

09/26/2025

A painting thought to have been made by a celebrated Polish Realist artist and later determined to be a forgery is now back on view at the National Museum in Poznań, Poland. The piece, titled Vegetable Market at Żelaznej Bramy …

Метки : искусствомузейподделкаистория.польшаюзеф панкиевич

Two Men Found Guilty for Forging and Selling Fake Royal Armchairs

06/13/2025

An antiques expert and cabinet maker were recently found guilty for forging and selling nine imitations of historic 18th century armchairs they claimed belonged to members of French royalty like Marie Antoinette. The judgement for the case applied to nine …

Метки : антиквариатподделкасудфранцияискусствомария антуанетта

Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty to Peddling Fake Modern Masterworks

06/06/2025

A Pennsylvania man pled guilty on May 29 to selling works falsely attributed to Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and other notable artists. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the man, 77-year-old Carter Reese, of Reading, was charged with …

Метки : искусствомошенничествоподделкасудебное разбирательствоантиквариатпенсильвания

Miami Art Dealer Charged for Peddling Fake Andy Warhols

04/15/2025

A Miami art dealer was indicted in a federal court for selling fake Andy Warhol works, and could now face up to 10 years in prison. Leslie Roberts, 62, allegedly sold the works at his Coconut Grove gallery, Miami Fine …

Метки : артискусствосудебный процессподделкаэнди уорхолк искусству

Aaron De Groft, Ex-Orlando Museum Director Enmeshed in Basquiat Forgery Scandal, Dies

01/22/2025

Aaron De Groft, Ex-Orlando Museum Director Enmeshed in Basquiat Forgery Scandal, Dies Aaron De Groft, the onetime director and CEO of theOrlando Museum of Art(OMA) who became the subject of an FBI investigation over his involvement with the museum’s display …

Метки : аарон де грофторландо музей искусстваскандалбаскияподделкафальшивые работы

Former Orlando Museum Director Aaron De Groft Is Dead at 59

01/21/2025

Aaron De Groft, the former CEO of the Orlando Museum of Art whose tenure was ultimately defined by a Basquiat forgery scandal, died on January 18 at 59. According to an obituary published on Monday, De Groft died after a …

Метки : аарон де грофтmusée d'orlandoбаскияподделкаискискусство

Damien Hirst Formaldehyde Works Draw Scrutiny over Backdating

03/22/2024

Three formaldehyde works by Damien Hirst dated to the 1990s were actually created in 2017,The Guardianreports.Respectively featuring a dove captured mid-flight, a trisected shark, and a pair of calves, the trio of sculptures—Dove, 1999;Myth Explored, Explained, Exploded, 1993–99; andCain and …

Метки : искусстводэмьен херстформальдегидскульптурыподделкадатировкаголубьмифтворч