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.

Interviews with the Beltracchis and footage of Wolfgang working in his studio make up the bulk of the film. Birkenstock evidently spent years visiting the couple, first at their estates in Mèze in the ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a spectacular contradiction at the heart of art forgery. Forgeries, which pretend to be paintings by timeless artists, ...

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 ...

When a father and daughter pleaded guilty to selling more than 200 counterfeit works by Banksy, Picasso and Warhol, the criminal case was largely resolved. The fate of the paintings is still up in ...

In the intricate world of art, where authenticity reigns supreme, the craft of faking art has evolved into a deceptive ...

A New Jersey-based father and daughter have pleaded guilty to a multi-year scheme that passed off over 200 forged artworks as originals, defrauding buyers of at least $2 million. The fakes, attributed ...

There are 11 suspects in the investigation, including a 77-year-old ringleader. Patrick Haggenmueller, head of the Art Investigation Unit of the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office, stands next to ...

Ambitious, laborious, and nearly impossible to pull of without attracting plenty of suspicion from those in a position to know such things, art forgery occupies a strange corner of the white-collar ...

Consider this: There are experts who say half the art sold at auction is fake. And it turns out proving otherwise is no easy task. As she explored the harsh reality of art collecting — and forgery — ...