When the German chocolate tycoon Peter Ludwig decided to collect abstract paintings from the Soviet Union, he was bound to get duped. Educated in art history, and holding a PhD for his research on ...

With its longer forms of storytelling, the podcast is sufficiently supple to investigate the labyrinthine qualities of art forgery, the peculiar celebrity of the art forger, and the modern obsession ...

Forgery in the manner of John Constable (1776–1837), "Seascape," watercolor, The Courtauld, London (all images courtesy Samuel Courtauld Trust) LONDON — A certain romanticism surrounds art forgery.

A father-daughter duo has admitted to forging famous art worth $2 million. They’ve also claimed responsibility for tricking major art galleries into buying fake artwork. Featured Video They’ve copied ...

What’s in a forgery? More than you would expect, according to a new show at London’s Courtauld Gallery. Opening June 17, “Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection” brings together paintings, ...

Italian police have dismantled a pan-European forgery network accused of producing and distributing replica artworks by more than 30 artists including Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí, Andy ...

The marriage of art and technology has the potential to stamp out art forgery, making it a thing of the past by using blockchain technology, according to Thomas Crown Art. The art-tech agency, ...