Forgeries
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Noah Charney on the potential problems and fascinating details behind these little-known and under-studied objects
The process of art attribution has come under attack, with forgery scandals rampant
Now painting under his own name, Beltracchi's works are part of a selling exhibition currently touring Europe
Maurizio Seracini concurs that the painting sold by Sotheby’s in 2012 is a modern forgery
“I cannot imagine where a terracotta life-size horse head could come from in antiquity,” a specialist says
Scholar Vivian Barnett and dealer James Butterwick among the signatories
Expert studies reveal Black Rectangle, Red Square was produced after 1950
Dalloul Art Foundation investigates authenticity of some Middle Eastern works before museum opening
He is now suing former employees of the gallery
Rijksmuseum’s examinations reveal truth about pendants
The lawsuit, dating back to 2009, is between Russian dealer Gary Tatintsian and Lev Nussberg, an artist, art historian and collector
Court papers raise the question of who should have spotted fakes
Spain have consented to sending José Carlos and Jesús Ángel Bergantiños back to the US where they can be charged
The warning states that certificates of authentication allowing imports of African cultural heritage are being forged
Establishing the defendant is at fault just got that much trickier
Auction house addresses concerns over non-payment, forgeries and army links
Artist-forgers have fooled Chinese collectors for centuries, as museums in the West are now discovering
New lawsuits filed after we publish list of those who bought forgeries—some of which have not been traced
After hundreds of works are seized in Germany, police swoop in Tel Aviv
Ten items from one collection withdrawn from New York auctions
The artist is implicated in scheme, allegedly allowing fakes to circulate
The chairman of the artist’s catalogue raisonné committee dismisses controversial drawings as “pastiches” in UK bankruptcy hearing
The pigment proved Beltracchi's version was inauthentic, since it was not in use at the time that the original was painted
Identifying forgeries being sold on websites is not enough to tackle the problem
The history and scholarship of art forgery, and a faker’s delighted account of a life of deception
Several of the New York gallery's representatives have been indicted for engineering the sale of Abstract Expressionist forgeries
Recent high-profile trials mean collectors are wondering where to turn if they think they have fakes
The family of the artist Richard Diebenkorn says it alerted the gallery to fakes before they were sold
An Indonesian businessman has lost his appeal against claims that he sold a fake painting, according to reports in the Singapore press
In 2011, he was given six years jail time for what was then understood to be a much smaller number of reproductions