'The director of this film knows nothing about art. It's a pity." So says Wolfgang Beltracchi, the style-swiping painter and convicted fraudster who is the curious subject of Beltracchi: The Art of ...
In 2005, musician Kevin Hearn of the Barenaked Ladies bought a painting attributed to Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau. When professional curators pronounced it fake, he sued the dealer who sold it to ...
Director Julien Temple is to take on the story of art faker Elmyr de Hory written by the equally notorious hoax biographer Clifford Irving. By Stuart Kemp, The Associated Press More AFM news Director ...
Shortly after World War II, bon vivant Dutch society icon Han van Meegeren went from a man who owned much of Amsterdam to a vilified traitor accused of selling priceless paintings of beloved artist ...
For 15 years, one of New York’s most prestigious art galleries sold forged paintings – a new film explores how the art world fell for it In November 2011, the arthouse Knoedler & Company – an Upper ...