An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery grapples with how the museum ended up with ten fake works previously attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, a member of the famous Group of Seven
He even hired Alaska Natives as clerks in his stores as part of the ruse, and will serve the longest sentence on record for violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act
Michael Barzman will pay a fine, do community service and be on probation for his role in the forgery scandal
According to the lawsuit, Aaron De Groft stood to benefit from the eventual sale of the fake Basquiats—and planned subsequent shows of works purportedly by Titian and Pollock
The Seattle-based artist had pleaded guilty to violating the federal Indian Arts and Crafts Act
Disputed attribution claims rarely play out in court, but two recent legal cases could provide valuable lessons for acquisitions teams at cultural institutions across the UK
Daniel Elie Bouaziz was accused of selling fake works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat
A new public exhibition hall is mired in controversy over the provenance of the musician’s collection of relics related to the Alamo in Texas
After seven years of investigations, Ruffini has been handed over to French authorities, likely setting the stage for a trial in Paris
The 77-year-old, wanted by French police for "fraud, money laundering and forgery of works of art", was released after ten days in custody
The French dealer, who is under investigation for selling a series of allegedly forged paintings, has had a warrant out for his arrest since 2019
Trustees who say they were summarily dismissed over email as retaliation claim that the board chair concealed information about an FBI subpoena months before the Basquiat exhibition opened
The National Gallery of Art has carried out scientific tests on the works, finding fascinating discoveries beneath the paint
Imports of artworks manufactured abroad to replicate Indigenous Canadian styles are not currently regulated
Imelda Marcos is just one of a series of despots with appalling taste
An allegedly fake Kandinsky and NFTs of Ukrainian cities' coats of arms are among the works being offered to support Putin's aggression
More than a decade after his unusual forgery scheme came to light, Mark Landis discusses his artistic origins and Manhattan solo exhibition
Image recognition and data scraping technology are increasingly being used by the NFT community to protect intellectual property online
The Washington-based artists have been charged with claiming enrollment in Indigenous tribes, violating the Indian Arts and Crafts Act
Fraudsters are using Facebook to dupe people into buying artists’ works at bargain-bucket prices while supplying cheap knock-offs
The art collective MSCHF has shuffled an original Warhol with 1,000 identical works, with any record of the original piece destroyed
Regulation of the conservation profession may be a start, but can it quash the “ego” that often motivates restorers-turned-forgers?
Catalogue raisonné rejects unusual part-painting, part-sketch, as expert says the “colonial” nature of the composition is not the artist’s style
Jason Harrington pleaded guilty to selling phony paintings to at least 15 galleries and individuals between 2018 and 2020
Seized as part of a forgery investigation, the work has been fully studied and must no longer be kept as evidence
Mikhail Piotrovsky addresses London dealer Andre Ruzhnikov’s claims that the Russian exhibition includes ‘tawdry fakes’
Plus, the story of a notorious forger and artist Collier Schorr on August Sander
Ahead of yesterday's sale in Paris, the Man Ray Trust called for a delay claiming that Lucien Treillard “stole a substantial number of Man Ray’s works and possessions"
Why would someone buy a non-fungible token of a rainbow-toting cat, which already exists in millions of identical copies?
The Los Angeles institution confirmed the work was not authentic last year