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German Police Bust Suspected Forgery Ring for Fake Rembrandt, Picasso

10/28/2025

German police said they busted an international forgery ring that was trying to sell fake works for millions of dollars to unsuspecting collectors. The fraudsters claimed the works were by artists including Rembrandt, Pablo Picasso, and Frida Kahlo.An unnamed 77-year-old …

Метки : искусствоподделкирасследованиегерманиярембрандтпикассо

Poor Farmer Allegedly Posed as Maharaja to Sell Fake Art in India

10/17/2025

Officials in India continued their investigation into the sale of faked paintings by M. F. Husain, S. H. Raza, and other key Indian artists, releasing a charge sheet in September that accused a poor farmer of posing as a maharaja …

Метки : искусствоподделкирасследованиеиндиясовременное искусствоm. f. husain

Fiat Family Faces New Allegations of Missing Artworks and Forgeries

09/29/2025

The family behind the Fiat empire is the subject of a new investigation centered around missing artworks and forgeries, according to the Times of London. The Agnelli family was already the subject of a similar inquiry in 2023. That year, …

Метки : искусстворасследованиесемья agnelliпропавшие произведенияподделкинаследство

Taylor Swift's Ex-Neighbor Sentenced For Selling Fake Picassos

09/15/2025

In May, Carter Reese, a 77-year-old resident of Reading, Pennsylvania, pled guilty to wire fraud and mail fraud in connection with selling artworks falsely attributed to major artists like Pablo Picasso, Andy Warhol, and Joan Miró. On Friday, Reese was …

Метки : искусствомошенничествопенсильванияподделкисудебное делохудожники

Workshop Producing Art Forgeries Busted by Italian Police Outside Rome

02/21/2025

A workshop outside Rome containing 71 fake paintings falsely attributed to famous artists including Rembrandt van Rijn, Pablo Picasso, and Andy Warhol has been raided by Italy’s art crime squad, local authorities announced. The operation was uncovered by the Carabinieri …

Метки : искусствоподделкириммошенничествополициягалерея

Insurance Firms Refuse $19.7 Million Fake Basquiats Claim

01/17/2025

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines ART SG‘S BEST BOOTHS… AND WHAT ABOUT FRIEZE LA? ART SG has opened and Karen K. Ho for ARTnews gives us …

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The Biggest Art Forgery Stories of 2024

12/26/2024

In terms of art forgeries, 2024 belonged to the Russian avant-garde market, the increasingly questioned umbrella term for modernist art from post-Soviet and Eastern European countries. This recess of the art market is riddled with fakes; several dealers told ARTnews …

Метки : искусствоподделкиавангардтехнологии

German Ex–Museum Worker Gets Prison Time for Painting Thefts

04/20/2023

A technical staffer at Munich’s Deutsches Museum has been sentenced to a year and nine months in prison for stealing paintings from his employer, replacing them with crude forgeries, and selling the originals through one of the city’s auction houses. …

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