Fakes & copies
Number of Beltracchi fakes keeps on rising
Fortunately for the German art forger, he has fled the country and therefore cannot be investigated
True scale of alleged Beltracchi forgeries revealed
Major auction houses and galleries have been caught up in the fake art scam
Pushkin accused of displaying a fake
Growing concerns over authenticity of Modigliani portrait on show in Moscow museum
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
Four to go on trial in German “Werner Jäger” forgery case
Wolfgang Beltracchi, his wife Helene, her sister Jeanette, and Otto Schulte-Kellinghaus stand accused of selling high quality forgeries
Dalí foundation fights the forgers
A conference in Catalonia will hopefully solve the ongoing problem with fake multiples in the market
Dealers named in Giacometti fraud case sentenced to two years' imprisonment as over 1,150 sculptures of dubious provenance surface
However, the two chief defendants must wait until all evidence has been seen before the verdict can be given
Bolton’s fake Egyptian princess returns to the duped museum
While its real antiquities from Egypt travel to China
Scholars divided over Leonardo attribution
Simon C. Dickinson Ltd is now the owner of Madonna and Child with St Anne and a Lamb, having reimbursed Nasser Kazeminy for the $7m he paid. If authentic, the gallery stands to make a profit, but if not then its value as an anonymous drawing is modest. So where did the drawing come from—and is it the real thing?
'Jesuit priest' donates fraudulent works
Academic museums and universities are being targeted by a suspected art forger
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
Christie’s sued by private Russian art collection over “fake” painting sale
Aurora Fine Art Fund claims it has conclusive evidence that £1.69m work is not by Boris Kustodiev
Australian forgeries to be destroyed
Fakes were purported to be by Charles Blackman and Robert Dickerson
Disputed bronzes cast from plasters attributed to Degas on show in Tel Aviv
Although the plaster's provenance and the project's credibility are under scrutiny, a New York dealer has initiated an exhibition at the Museum of Art
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
‘Infamous’ replica Leonardo on the block
In an unusual move, Sotheby’s has categorised a picture as “infamous”
Books: The cautionary tale of America’s other “Leonardo”
The painting that still languishes in a vault, despite nearly a century of squabbling
Courtauld “fake” exposed as a real Dutch period piece
Work attributed to 20th-century master forger Han van Meegeren may be 17th-century painting owned by Vermeer
Rodchenko and Tatlin fakes force closure of Russian avant-garde exhibition at Finland's Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art
Operations were halted after multiple experts questioned the authenticity of the exhibition's content, which had been sourced from private collections
Farewell to forgeries: The V&A’s Fakes Gallery to close
The V&A’s guidebook used to describe the Fakes Gallery as one of its “most diverse, intriguing and entertaining” displays.
Indonesian antiquities thefts show no sign of abating
Fakes left in place of stolen artefacts in elaborate webs of deceit
Gallery raid sparks panic over supposed fakes of late artist d’Arcy Doyle
Artist’s widow in marathon authentication exercise
New York- and Miami-based dealer Giuseppe Concepcion accused over multiple forgeries
Concepcion is alleged to have sold fake Matisses and Calders among others, complete with forged certificates of authenticity
Park West sued by customers who demand refunds for "fake" works
The gallery dismisses the suit as a “smear campaign”
Difficult timing for autumn fairs in New York as financial crisis hits home
Allegations of “fake” antiques further undermine confidence
Immendorff: copies, fakes or authorised reproductions?
Michael Werner, his dealer for 30 years, says “everything was out of control” before the artist died
Revealed: one third of Brooklyn Museum’s Coptic collection is fake
Specialists warn that museums in the US and Europe will now have to re-examine their own sculptures
Modigliani expert Christian Parisot sentenced for forgery
He maintains his innocence
Rauschenberg sues artist for selling his trash
Robert Francis Montgomery's dumpster diving has landed him in litigation