What is the most expensive fake painting of all time?
Forgery and foolishness in fine art.
Art
Patience Worth: the curious case of the author who channelled works from beyond the grave
Genuine spiritual connection or psychological phenomenon?
Iowa museum makes history by returning looted bronzes to Benin
“I hope the other museums in America will follow this.”
Brazilian artist steals historic coin from the British Museum for controversial “heist” art project
“A disappointing and derivative act.”
Petr Pavlensky: the artist who nailed his scrotum to the Red Square in protest
A ballsy protest stunt.
Vitrine gallery closes due to “political instability” and “effects of Brexit”
A sad day for the art world.
Titian painting sells for £17.6 million after being found at London bus stop
It has passed from emperors to thieves.
John William Godward: The painter pushed toward suicide by indifference
The gratification he expected didn’t come.