Consider Supporting HoH: In 1946, the second world war had just ended, a Dutch artist and art collector stood trial in Amsterdam. His charge? Collaboration, for selling cherished cultural heritage to ...
I still remember vividly the last time I paid a visit to David Henty. Back in 2014, I had been investigating art fraud and suspected Henty of being Britain’s most prolific forger. I had needed to ...
OCCUPIED HOLLAND. A knock on the door -- Looted art -- The outbreak of war -- Quasimodo -- The end of forgery? -- Forgery 101 -- The war against the Jews -- The forger's challenge -- Bargaining with ...
March 15 -- John Myatt, the unassuming master forger at the heart of what British police have called the biggest contemporary art fraud of the 20th century, once stood at the back of an auction room ...
Han van Meegeren fecit / Hope B. Werness -- What is wrong with a forgery? / Alfred Lessing -- Forgery and the anthropology of art / Leonard B. Meyer -- Art and authenticity / Nelson Goodman -- ...
Michelangelo is known for masterpieces like the Sistine Chapel and the statue of David, but most people probably don't know that he actually got his start in forgery. The great artist began his career ...
LAUREL — Mark Landis' artistic ability became apparent at an early age, as he created pictures one after another with ease. His bright mind and creative talent later enabled him to take his art in a ...
The conspirators claimed that their canvas was the original, while the Rijksmuseum's was an inferior copy. They also marketed ...
In February 2013, a York physician who collected antique medical and surgical instruments, as well as woodblock prints depicting surgical procedures and human anatomy, came across an eBay listing ...
The alleged leader of the scheme, a 77-year-old German man from Bavaria, also tried to sell counterfeit works supposedly by ...