Art and Law: How Nations Around the World Deal with Forgeries

Paintings by forger Han van Meegeren (1889-1947) at the 2010 'Van Meegeren's Fake Vermeers' exhibition at the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam.

A woman in a t-shirt looks at two colorful framed canvasses of painted people

Moroccan Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, said the goal is to “establish a mechanism aimed at supporting the promotion of Moroccan artists and strengthening their presence on an international scale,” noting that “counterfeiting affects the credibility of artists, gallery owners and Moroccan art in general.”

Art and Law: How Nations Around the World Deal with Forgeries