fooling the art world. Before becoming a leading sculptor of the Renaissance, Michelangelo was an art forger. In 1496, at age ...

A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most ... The impact on the country’s art world was immediate and enormous. Every painting sold the first day. Eventually, Morrisseau became ...

Bill Pallot authored the definitive book on the subject of 18th-century French chairs 40 years ago, and in the decade since became an art world celeb who authenticated chairs that were bought by the ...

The audacity of the forgery and the pieces’ enthusiastic acceptance by the art world — not to mention the million-dollar prices paid for them — prompted uncomfortable questions for the ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Following is a transcript of the video. Max Brandrett: I am Max Brandrett, master forger, and I made over 500,000 pounds forging art. This is how crime works.

To be a successful art forger requires more than technical proficiency ... to expose himself as a fraudster shortly after the end of World War Two, after being charged by Dutch authorities with ...

What, exactly, is the “value” of a work of art? I have been asking myself this question since I read an Asahi Shimbun story ...

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De Hory’s covert masterpieces fooled art dealers ... called “The Forger’s Apprentice: Life with the World’s Most Notorious Artist.” The enduring myth of de Hory is fueled by his ...