Fakes & copies
Haring recognised at last, climbing from subway to museum
On the one hand, official recognition, on the other, the problem of fakes
A brush with the law: The FBI jump on two auction houses, but prosecution is no simple matter
It’s not a crime to sell a fake—unknowingly
New York all set to be the world centre for Asian art
The Art Newspaper reporter saw a trend towards later Chinese art, satisfied dealers active museums buyers—and some worrying fakes
Fakes and forgeries at the Appraisers conference
“Trompe l’oeil: to fool the eye and to challenge the appraiser” is on in New York
Fake Fautrier: can you trust an artist’s heir?
In deciding that the certificate of the artist’s heir is no longer sufficient to prove a work’s authenticity, French courts will require auctioneers to be more thorough in future
New research reveals Herculaneum’s wooden remains could be fake
Modern reconstructions with ancient materials have escaped detection until now
Number of fake Moores on the increase
Dramatic rise in counterfeit bronzes on the market
The hunting and capture of two fakers: Mr and Mrs 'van den Bergen' arrested on forgery charges
Ali Baba’s cave of forgeries uncovered—the crucial evidence lay in the fake certificates
Bank debtors’ Van Gogh withdrawn as fake
While there is some support for its attribution, doubt still lingers
The Joseph Beuys drawings scandal: Expert Heiner Bastian explains why the drawings are fakes while the dealer who owns them defends them and himself
“I’m right and you’re wrong!” “No, I’m right and you’re wrong!”
Where is the real Van Gogh’s “White House at Night”?
Fears are growing that the version in the St Petersburg is a replica
Sardinian antiquities on show in Paris accused of being fake
Leading expert queries items in exhibition, all of which come from private collections
Mastermind behind Wedgwood fakes was at work for 20 years
Scotland Yard launches investigation into highly skilful counterfeits of antique Jasper and Black Basalt ware
Master faker Alfred André's cache of evidence revealed
“Renaissance” jewels in the National Gallery of Art are by the hitherto unknown faker
Tajan sale flops when dealers stay away amid rumours and rulings of fakes
Rumours of fakes circulated
Guggenheim Museum-Hummel deal on hold as Milan courts consider besmirched Beuys works
Row over dubious drawings comes to US
Icilio Federico Joni’s ability to reproduce Quattrocento painting was so complete that his works entered many famous collections, but was he a deliberate counterfeiter or creative artist?
Where are the missing works and do their owners know they are fake?
The ADAA thirty years on: “We’ve cleaned up tax fraud, the selling of fakes, helped recover thefts, and supported freedom of expression”
As the Art Dealers Association of America’s annual Armory show drew to an end we talked to Gilbert Edelson, a founder member
Cave paintings: Radiocarbon dating, a penguin, plus fakes
Carbon dating for the Altamira caves, a penguin troubles sceptics at the submerged Grotte Henri Cosquer, and the sponge is a give-away at Alave
The Getty Kouros: The masterpiece versus fake debate continues
Perhaps it is better to journey than to arrive, as the authentication process of this work has encouraged significant research into kouroi sculpture
Following the Rodin fakes scandal French bronze founders act to protect their good name
The Syndicat concluded that French legislation is incomplete in its definitions of reproductions and forgery
Touring Russian Avant-garde Exhibition at the Schirn Kunsthalle goes on amid disunity amongst curators and the inclusion of possible forgeries
The show will proceed to to the Guggenheim despite confusion arising from a lack of transparent communication between Russian and US committee members
Final decision on carve up of Dalí estate in Spain
Attempts to control spread of fakes with thousands seized in New York
Scotland Yard flushing out the fakes
Criminal proceedings over early English pottery fraud
Fake Giacometti furniture trial ends with jail sentences and fines for Jacques Redoutey and suppliers
Experts complain that large number of fakes in the market makes it difficult to identify authentic works
Your Diego Giacometti may well be a fake: Massive fraud network between Besançon, Geneva, Paris, London and New York
It is estimated that between 65-80% of Giacometti furniture and sculpture offered at auction since 1986 is fake
Hebborn the fake: everything we learned from the forger's autobiography
By his own claim, his forged oeuvre numbers some 1,100 works ranging from “Mantegna” and “Giorgione” to “Van Dyck” and “Piranesi”
Enigma by Clifford Irving delves into the fakes and forgeries of Elmyr de Hory
Over 20 years after it was originally written, Irving's book finally sees the sun
Police investigation finds Diego Giacometti's foundry grossed £14 million from unauthorised bronzes cast after his death
The "posthumous" sculptures passed through the hands several leading auction houses in Paris