Greece’s new laws crack down on art fakes and forgeries – an expert in the market for shady art explains why they might backfire.

In Greece it is now less attractive to sell fishy objects, and riskier to do so repeatedly.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260410-greeces-new-laws-crack-down-on-art-fakes-and-forgeries-an-expert-in-the-market-for-shady-art-explains-why-they-might-backfire?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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Một người đàn ông Trung Quốc đã mất gần 14 triệu đồng sau khi mua "tranh cổ thời nhà Thanh" với giá 3.660 nhân dân tệ, nhưng khi mang đi giám định thì phát hiện là hàng giả, chỉ có giá trị khoảng 40 tệ (khoảng 150 nghìn đồng).

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https://vtcnews.vn/bo-14-trieu-dong-mua-tranh-co-mang-di-giam-dinh-chi-dang-150-nghin-dong-ar989335.html

Italian police uncover secret art forgery workshop in Rome selling fake Picasso and Rembrandt works.

Italian police have uncovered a clandestine art forgery workshop in Rome, where counterfeit paintings attributed to renowned artists were being produced and sold online.

In total, 71 fake paintings attributed to Picasso, Rembrandt, and other celebrated artists have been seized by Italian authorities.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250220-italian-police-uncover-secret-art-forgery-workshop-in-rome-selling-fake-picasso-and-rembrandt-works?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

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Strontium-90 (Sr-90) and cesium-137 (Cs-137) are radioactive isotopes that didn’t exist before the 1940s. In art forensics, if a painting claimed to be from before 1945 contains trace amounts of these isotopes in the paint or other materials used in the artwork, it strongly suggests it’s a forgery.

Thanks for sharing, Ilias I.!

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A FAMILY’S DEEPEST SECRETS are brought to light in this ambitious, poetic memoir. In a mix of recollection and recreation, the author uses her uncle’s conviction for art forgery as the lens through which to examine a family in flight from truth. B PLUS

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"The Secrets Of A Master Art Forger" [2022], The Spectator (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-secrets-of-a-master-art-forger/).

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