ArchiveJuly 1997
At least 45 Van Goghs may well be fakes: The Art Newspaper investigates
Sixteen of the doubted paintings are displayed in the Van Gogh museum; leading scholars to consider another 21 dubious works
NewsFakes and forgeries
'Cranach' painting of Venus at centre of Old Masters fakes scandal must be returned to Prince of Liechtenstein, court rules
Seized as part of a forgery investigation, the work has been fully studied and must no longer be kept as evidence
NewsState Hermitage Museum
Hermitage director responds to accusations of fakery in Fabergé exhibition
Mikhail Piotrovsky addresses London dealer Andre Ruzhnikov’s claims that the Russian exhibition includes ‘tawdry fakes’
NewsAuctions
Surrealist collection of Man Ray's assistant sells out at Christie's despite 'serious concerns about ownership' of most of the works
Ahead of yesterday's sale in Paris, the Man Ray Trust called for a delay claiming that Lucien Treillard “stole a substantial number of Man Ray’s works and possessions"
NewsFakes and forgeries
Expert warned Getty Museum that its newly purchased Gauguin sculpture was a fake, new article reveals
The Los Angeles institution confirmed the work was not authentic last year
NewsArt market
'The law has to fall on someone': Seller of allegedly fake Frans Hals must pay Sotheby's $5.3m for cancelled sale, judge insists
Co-vendor of the painting, Fairlight Art Ventures had appealed the ruling last year but court upheld the decision yesterday, finding in favour of the auction house
NewsArt market
Seller contests having to repay Sotheby’s for allegedly forged Frans Hals
In latest hearing of ongoing legal saga, Fairlight Art Ventures, co-vendor of painting sold in 2011 for $11.75m, is refusing to pay auction house more than $5.3m
BlogAdventures with Van Gogh
Two Van Gogh fakes in Washington? Strong evidence produced against early drawings at the National Gallery of Art
Revelations in new book about an attic discovery throw fresh light on Vincent’s decision to become an artist
NewsFakes and forgeries
History's greatest forgers
The ability to mimic a famous artist’s work, fool knowledgeable experts and swindle deep-pocketed collectors are skills that can elevate the ordinary conman to legendary status
ArchiveMarch 2015
Collector Frank Fertitta discovers his 'Rothko' is a Knoedler fake after reading The Art Newspaper
He is now suing former employees of the gallery
ArchiveDecember 2013
British Museum expert says griffin returned to Iran is fake
Scepticism grows about confiscated silver vessel handed over by the US as an act of diplomacy
NewsKnoedler
More victims of Abstract Expressionist fakes scandal revealed
In court documents, Knoedler lists the buyers and prices paid for works brought to the gallery by Glafira Rosales
ArchiveNovember 2013
Chinese artist (and AbEx copier) Pei-Shen Qian has some CV—but is it a fake too?
None of the museums listed as owning his work could find it in their collections
ArchiveMarch 2012
Arrest in latest Prouvé fakes case
Three dealers say initial complaints were dismissed by Artcurial specialists
ArchiveDecember 2011
True scale of alleged Beltracchi forgeries revealed
Major auction houses and galleries have been caught up in the fake art scam
ArchiveSeptember 2011
Man who posed as count in Giacometti scam handed nine-year sentence by German courts
This ruling concludes a case launched after discovery of 1,150 fake sculptures
ArchiveNovember 2010
'Jesuit priest' donates fraudulent works
Academic museums and universities are being targeted by a suspected art forger
ArchiveOctober 2010
The source of infamous forger Van Meegeren’s secret supplies exposed
A Scotland Yard report shows that the notorious Dutch faker bought lapis lazuli paint for his “Vermeers” in bulk from Winsor & Newton
ArchiveMarch 2010
Giacometti 'fakes' seized in alleged counterfeiting ring in Germany
A series of books, presumed to have been written by the suspect and claiming the artist's brother hid a secret stash of his works, were presented as provenance
ArchiveJuly 2009
Banksy gets the law on his side with a sting operation against forgers
Meanwhile, a new show organised by the mysterious artist proves to be a blockbuster
ArchiveFebruary 2009
'Spanish Forger' miniatures bought by V&A
Scholars no nearer to finding the faker’s identity
ArchiveJanuary 2009
Design forgery ring uncovered in France
A Parisian artist produced fake 20th-century classics by Jean Prouvé, Charlotte Perriand, Alexandre Noll and Pierre Chareau
ArchiveJanuary 2008
Art Institute of Chicago Gauguin sculpture is fake
The Bolton fraud
ArchiveOctober 2007
Revealed: the eBay Banksy print fraud
Unauthorised works by the anonymous graffiti artist have been sold on the internet; prices for these have been illegally inflated with fake bids
ArchiveOctober 1999
The Modernist fakes mountain: How many John Drewe forgeries remain unidentified
Nearly 200 paintings forged by John Drewe may be on the market. The Art Newspaper tracked down 40
ArchiveMarch 1999
'The biggest contemporary art fraud of the century'
John Drewe probably faked as many as 200 pictures, tampering with archive material and duping the experts
ArchiveNovember 1998
Exploitation of the Tate Archives: Trial of accused paintings fraudster
John Drewe donated money to the Tate and allegedly doctored its documents
ArchiveJuly 1998
The Van Gogh fakes scandal: the tally one year later
Last July, The Art Newspaper broke the news that at least 45 Van Gogh paintings were suspect. This is what has happened since
ArchiveJuly 1994
The hunting and capture of two fakers: Mr and Mrs 'van den Bergen' arrested on forgery charges
Ali Baba’s cave of forgeries uncovered—the crucial evidence lay in the fake certificates
ArchiveMay 1994
Mastermind behind Wedgwood fakes was at work for 20 years
Scotland Yard launches investigation into highly skilful counterfeits of antique Jasper and Black Basalt ware
ArchiveMarch 1994
Master faker Alfred André's cache of evidence revealed
“Renaissance” jewels in the National Gallery of Art are by the hitherto unknown faker
ArchiveDecember 1991
Hebborn the fake: everything we learned from the forger's autobiography
By his own claim, his forged oeuvre numbers some 1,100 works ranging from “Mantegna” and “Giorgione” to “Van Dyck” and “Piranesi”
CommentNFTs
The NFT craze encapsulates the absurdity of the art world—and its obsession with authenticity
Why would someone buy a non-fungible token of a rainbow-toting cat, which already exists in millions of identical copies?
Blake Gopnik