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Art Forgery

Italian Police Have Seized 485 Artworks Believed to Be Fake Francis Bacons

Seven suspects connected to the seizure have been charged with fraud, money laundering and criminal conspiracy.
By Helen Holmes

Fake Paintings Attributed to Modigliani, Goya and El Greco Have Been Seized in Spain

At a distance, the forgeries are actually quite convincing; it begs the question of who exactly is responsible for their creation.
By Helen Holmes
Da Vinci's Salvator Mundi is up for sale on November 15 at Christie's.

Christie’s da Vinci Auction Reveals Why Forgers Love to Fake Masters

How can we be certain that a Leonardo is a Leonardo?
By Noah Charney
Jamie Martin.

Sotheby’s Hires Scientist, Addressing Art Market Wariness of Forgeries Post-Knoedler

By David D'Arcy
Alec Baldwin.

Alec Baldwin, the Bait-and-Switch and ‘Original Copies’

By Noah Charney
NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17: Bill Cunningham attends Ralph Lauren Spring 2016 during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Skylight Clarkson Sq on September 17, 2015 in New York City.

NY Times Barred From Using Bill Cunningham Photos, Met Museum Adds Egyptian Galleries

By Alanna Martinez
La Bella Principessa.

How the Greatest 20th Century Art Forgers Got Away With It

By Guelda Voien
The exterior of the Knoedler & Company art gallery is shown in New York, U.S., on Jan. 8, 2010. The gallery's property, a landmark 1909 towntown, has been listed for sale with Sotheby's Realty for $59.5 million.

Knoedler Cases Head to Trial, Museums Slow to Return Indigenous Remains, and More

By Alanna Martinez
Part of the 'Elgin Marbles', named after British diplomat Lord Elgin who took them from Greece's in 1803, has left Britain for the first time since they were taken from the Parthenon, on loan the State Hermitage Museum in Russia. (AFP PHOTO/OLGA MALTSEVA (Photo credit should read OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP/Getty Images)

Art World Abstracts: Elgin Marbles Spur Greek Election Debate, and More!

By Alanna Martinez
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