This collection included a fraudulent drawing attributed to Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani ... The forgery ring’s impact reflects the increasing value and high demand for modern art, particularly ...
(AP Photo/Italian Culture Ministry, HOGP) A fake Amedeo Modigliano drawing that was sized by police is show in Rome in this ... in economic damage by flooding the art market with phony works. Fake ...
Many of the works were attributed to the artist Banksy, the elusive street artist ... was known as “Operation Caryatid,” after the drawing.Credit...Italian Culture Ministry, via Associated ...
Banksy’s works, often created on public buildings, have been vulnerable to vandalism and theft. A recent “Urban Jungle” collection in London was defaced shortly after it appeared. Warhol’s art has ...
open image in gallery Modern and contemporary fake artworks, including Banksy ... of contemporary art from a businessman in Pisa. His collection included a copy of a drawing of Caryatid by ...
The investigation was taken up in March last year after Italian art police seized 200 works of contemporary art from a businessman in Pisa. His collection included a copy of a drawing of Caryatid ...
Italian police have uncovered a large-scale pan-European forgery network making and selling fake artworks attributed to some of the biggest names in modern and contemporary art including Banksy ...