NewsForgeries
Fake Marsden Hartley found in medical giant’s collection points to a larger scandal
Abbott Laboratories suspects fakes found their way into its collection during conservation process
NewsAfrican American art
African-American fakes on the rise
Problem is exacerbated as estates and foundations are increasingly unwilling to authenticate due to the threat of litigation
FeatureLost art
Lost art: the possibly forged but tantalising Sinaia lead plates
Noah Charney on the potential problems and fascinating details behind these little-known and under-studied objects
CommentArt market
Art authentication is not an exact science
The process of art attribution has come under attack, with forgery scandals rampant
InterviewArt market
Notorious forger Wolfgang Beltracchi on ethics, the art market and how to make a great fake
Now painting under his own name, Beltracchi's works are part of a selling exhibition currently touring Europe
NewsArt market
Old Master saga: expert hired by vendor to prove Saint Jerome's authenticity says it is a fake
Maurizio Seracini concurs that the painting sold by Sotheby’s in 2012 is a modern forgery
NewsArt law
Top experts dispute Italian police claims about seized ‘antiquities’
“I cannot imagine where a terracotta life-size horse head could come from in antiquity,” a specialist says
NewsForgeries
Fake Kandinskys, Malevichs, Jawlenskys? Top curators and dealers accuse Ghent museum of showing dud Russian avant-garde works
Scholar Vivian Barnett and dealer James Butterwick among the signatories
NewsForgeries
Malevich painting in Düsseldorf state collection exposed as forgery
Expert studies reveal Black Rectangle, Red Square was produced after 1950
NewsArt market
Collectors tackle rise in fake Modern Middle Eastern art
Dalloul Art Foundation investigates authenticity of some Middle Eastern works before museum opening
CommentAfrican American art
Missing in action: African-American art in European public collections
The market for work by African American artists is on the rise but museums are falling behind
Ben Luke