Do you dare sending your art to a laboratory? Someone clever might once have told us that we ask the person who has the answer we would like to hear. Another good one is… Topics: art forger, art fraud, authentication, fake art, falsification, forgery, laboratory, provenance
Provenance: how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art There are books, and then there are fantastic books. Provenance by Salisbury and Sujo is the latter. It is now a couple of years old,… Topics: a good read, art, art market, book review, forgery, provenance
Up to 30% of all collectible art could be fake Ernst Schöller estimates that up to 30% of the ‘top end’ collectible art is forged. He is an industry expert from Stuttgart and a colleague… Topics: art forger, Collector, fake art, falsification, forgery, provenance
Provenance, art appraisal and authentication Here is a primer on the interconnected terms of provenance, authentication and appraisal. Whilst there are important overlaps, there are some important distinctions which suggest… Topics: art appraisal, authentication, forgery, provenance