Source: New York Times
“On show in a historic palazzo in the central Italian city of Pisa this week are about 450 works arranged by some headline-grabbing names: Gustav Klimt, Salvador Dali, Andy Warhol, and others. Alongside them are paint tubes, paintbrushes and cans of spray paint that reflect the versatility of the works’ creators. The catch: The pieces are all fakes. The works are among the more than 2,100 pieces seized by Italy’s specialized art theft squad over the past year in an effort to break up a Europe-wide network of art forgers and dealers accused of selling counterfeit pieces to unsuspecting buyers.” (11/13/24)