Want to Commit Art Fraud? An Expert Shares 5 Strategies

Art World

Want to Commit Art Fraud? An Expert Shares 5 Strategies

The art world has become inundated with tales of fakes, frauds, and unscrupulous behavior. Here is how cons are orchestrated.

By Richard Polsky, Mar 14, 2024

Auctions

Meet the Sellers of $407 Million Worth of Art Hitting the Block in London

A $25 million Francis Bacon painting and a $500,000 Alex Katz are just a few of the trophies on offer this week.

By Colin Gleadell, Mar 4, 2024

The Gray Market

He Overpaid, Bid Against Himself, and Hid a Monet in His Basement. Here’s What We Still Need to Learn From Visionary Art Dealer Joseph Duveen

Our columnist parses the legacy of the early 20th century dealer for timely—and timeless—market insights.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 12, 2023

Artnet News Pro

Who Won Auction Week? Here Are 12 Takeaways From New York’s Nearly $1.5 Billion Spring Sales

From the priciest work to the biggest flop (and more), here are our parting observations from New York's marquee auctions this May.

By Artnet News, May 23, 2023

Pop Culture

For Decades, ‘The Simpsons’ Has Made Surprisingly Incisive Observations About Art. Here Are 4 That Still Resonate Today

The long-running sitcom has such wise lessons on the art world, it ought to be on art school curricula.

By Brian Boucher, May 15, 2023

Law & Politics

The Heirs of a Jewish Art Collector Are Suing the Met Museum for Selling a Van Gogh Painting They Say Was Plundered by Nazis

The Met sold the painting in a hush-hush 1972 transaction. Why the secrecy?

By Sarah Cascone, Dec 19, 2022

The Gray Market

Why Better Artist Resale Royalties Are an Opportunity for Better Business in the Art Market (and Other Insights)

Our columnist explains why it hurts almost all market players to portray resale royalties as a zero-sum game.

By Tim Schneider, Jul 13, 2022

Crime

Inigo Philbrick’s Lawyers Make a Last-Ditch Appeal for Leniency, With Testimonials From Gilbert & George and a Camp Counselor

Seventeen friends and family members have written letters of support on the incarcerated dealer's behalf.

By Eileen Kinsella, Apr 4, 2022

Crime

Alec Baldwin Is Hosting a New True Crime Podcast Called ‘Art Fraud’ About the Knoedler Forgery Scandal

The podcast delves into what might be the biggest scandal ever to rock the U.S. art scene.

By Sarah Cascone, Feb 1, 2022

Art World

How a Network of Fake Art Collectors Used Instagram to Boost a Fictional Artist’s Career—and Make Money in the Process

Whether an art project, prank, or cash grab, the rapidly unraveled scheme is a startling reminder that online, we're all just playing ourselves.

By Kate Brown, Jan 24, 2022

Wet Paint

Celebrity Daughter Lands Gig at Gagosian, Paul Chan’s New Show Draws Weirdly Intense Backlash, and More Art-World Gossip

Plus, which auctioneer denounced lockdown measures on Instagram? Which artist collaborated with Reese's Puffs cereal? Read on for answers.

By Annie Armstrong, Jan 13, 2022

Artnet News Pro

An NFT Startup Is Selling What It Calls a Genuine Claude Monet for $2 Million. The Problem? It May Not Be Real

The work's provenance can allegedly be traced from Northern Ireland to Cuba to Mexico to Miami.

By Eileen Kinsella, Aug 10, 2021

Op-Ed

Why Do Forgeries Sometimes Deceive Even the Most Venerable Experts? Because We All Want to Believe

As the author of the catalogues raisonnés for Grandma Moses and Egon Schiele, Jane Kallir has encountered a lot of fakes in her career.

By Jane Kallir, Aug 9, 2021

The Back Room

The Back Room: Rocky Mountain High

This week in the Back Room: Aspen’s ascent, Phillips’s private sales peak, a museum board’s reckoning, and much more

By Tim Schneider, Aug 6, 2021

Op-Ed

What Do the Inigo Philbrick Scandal and the NFT Craze Have in Common? They Can Help Us Rebuild the Art Market

Two professors of sociology and visual arts administration explore how to build a better art world by thinking about the artist as a citizen.

By Amy Whitaker & Fiona Greenland, Jun 22, 2021