Art Market News 2013
So Valuable, It Could Almost Be Real – The New York Times
The Other Side of an $80 Million Art Fraud- A Master Forger Speaks – Bloomberg News
Former Knoedler director settles defamation lawsuit – The Art Newspaper
The Latest Leonardo Debate – ARTNews
Christie’s taken to court over claims of Albert Tucker fake – Sydney Morning Herald
A Real Pollock? On This, Art and Science Collide – New York Times
Fakers, Fakes, & Fake Fakers – ARTNews
More victims of Abstract Expressionist fakes scandal revealed – The Art Newspaper
Where are the 35 fake Warhols later reassessed as authentic? – The Art Newspaper
Art withdrawn from auction amid fears paintings were forged – Irish Independent
CSI tests authenticate Pollock’s final work- New York Post
New Details Emerge About Tainted Gallery The New York Times
1500 lost works of art worth perhaps €1bn found in Munich flat – The Art Newspaper
Forging an Art Market in China – New York Times
Fraud ring produced fake Morrisseau paintings, claim alleges – The Globe
National Museum has lost Amorsolo memorabilia – Inquirer LifeStyle
Democrats say sorry for paying HK$300,000 for fake Huang Yongyu painting – South China Morning Post
Loveable rogue as colourful as his forgeries – Faiirfax Media
Fresh Prints- MoMA Washes Pollock’s Hands – ARTNews
Pieter Brueghel the Younger- The Census at Bethlehem – FT
Knoedler forgery cases foretell new battleground over art dealer diligence – Lexology
Leonardo da Vinci experts identify painting as lost Isabella D’Este portrait – The Guardian
Magritte’s missing nudes found hidden under paintings after 80 years – The Guardian
Velázquez portrait has pride of place in Prado – but original may be in Dorset – The Guardian
The emperor’s new pictures – Economist
Art Dealer Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court – US Justice dept
Art Dealer Admits to Role in Fraud – New York Times
Knoedler gallery fakes case heats up – The Art Newspaper
Van Gogh Museum- nieuw schilderij Van Gogh ontdekt – Van Goghmuseum
Rare Van Gogh Sunflowers image found – BBC News
VUB leidt op tot kunstkenner – Brussel Nieuws
Challenge to De Chirico authentication board – The Art Newspaper
Prosecutor Says ‘More Arrests’ Possible in Glafira Rosales Fraud Case – Blouin ARTINFO
Art Dealer Ann Freedman on Selling $63 Million in Fake Paintings – NY News & features
Convicted Art Forger Explains How It’s Done – KBIA
Prosecutors Are Contemplating More Arrests in $80 Million Art Fraud Case – New York Times
Resolution Near for Alleged Dealer of Fake Artwork – Wall Street Journal
Struggling Immigrant Artist Tied to $80 Million New York Fraud – New York Times
One Queens Painter Created Forgeries That Sold for Millions, U.S. Says – New York Times
Watch- A Welding Robot That’s Learning to Create Art Forgeries – WIRED
Lucky Bidders Claim Abandoned Artwork – Courthouse News Service
Romanian expert believes three artworks from Dutch heist destroyed – Reuters
Big Blue over a Whiteley settled, but jury still out on authenticity – Sydney Morning Herald
Judge Rejects Art Expert’s New Yorker Lawsuit – Blouin ARTINFO
A flood of fakes – Financial Mail
Faking it- the art of forgery in Russia – DW
Gallery owner who sold phony artwork sentenced to year in prison – Chicago Tribune
ART- Forged and famous – New Strait Times
China shuts museum with ‘fake’ exhibit – Bangkok Post
Trust, but verify, as they say – The Art Newspaper
What’s on; Max Ernst – The Art Newspaper
Forged- Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age by Jonathon Keats – The Guardian
Andy Warhol and the Persistence of Modernism – The New York Times
Warhol foundation settles case against insurance firm – The Art Newspaper
Boom or bust for the multi-million dollar business of counterfeit art – DW
Eifrige Helfer gegen wachsame Kenner – Frankfurter Allgemeine
Exposing the fakes and the forgers – Prague Post
Multimillion-pound international art forgery ring busted, say German police – The Guardian
Expertise reveals fake Goncharova and Malevich paintings – Voice of Russia
Christie’s pulls works after ‘forgery’ concerns – The Art Newspaper
When is an Utrillo not an Utrill0 – The Art Newspaper
Forgeries flood art markets – Voice of Russia
Expert Found Liable For Opinion On Fake Max Ernst Painting – Dispute Resolution in Germany
Frans Hals- Haarlem Renaissance – ARTNews
How Warhol Foundation Head Joel Wachs Built a Pop Art Empire – Blouin ARTINFO
Fälschungsskandal- Kunsthistoriker Werner Spies in Frankreich verurteilt – Spiegel
Out with the thematic at Tate, in with the chronological – The Art Newspaper
Dealer at Center of Art Scandal Arrested on Tax Charges – The New York Times
The Frick Collection’s Inge Reist on the Oral Histories of Art Ownership – Blouin ARTINFO
Andy Warhol and His Foundation- The Questions – New York Review of Books
Getty Museum buys ‘Rembrandt Laughing’- tiny portrait, huge value – LA Times
Getty Museum acquires a Rembrandt self-portrait and a Venice painting by Canaletto – Artdaily
In Praise of the Fake – NewStatesman
How van Gogh Became van Gogh – ARTNews
The Fine Art of Knowing Your Customer – Compliance Week
Van Gogh’s True Palette Revealed – New York Times
Is the Prado’s Colossus by Goya after all? – The Art Newspaper
Rediscovered Artists’ Are the Art Market’s New Darlings – Blouin ARTINFO
Found… ribbon of doomed Charles I – DailyMailonline
A Real Van Gogh? An Unsolved Art World Mystery – Nevada Museum of Art
‘The Art World Is Rotten’- Giacometti Forger Tells All – Der Spiegel
Hoe een Nederlandse kunstvervalser miljoenen verdiende – De Volkskrant
Hirst catalogue tots up 1,400 spots – The Art Newspaper
Art Site Auctionata Nabs $20.2 Million in Venture Capital, Is Selling a Schiele – Blouin ARTINFO
Market for Norval Morrisseau art work may pick up after court ruling – OttawaCitizen
Controversial Caravaggio to be unveiled in London – The Art Newspaper
Moscow artist sentenced to 4 years for selling fake paintings for $650k – MoscowNews
When is a Rembrandt a Rembrandt – Treasuer Hunt Trust
Was Isleworth Mona Lisa painted before the Louvre’s version – The Art Newspaper
A Forger’s Impressions of Impressionism – New York Times
Are Forgers the ‘Foremost Artists of Our Age’ – Blouin ARTINFO’
Spring auctions at Koller Zurich – Koller Zurich
Self-portrait bequeathed to National Trust is identified as lost Rembrandt – The Guardian
Pollocks, or bollocks? Lawsuit claims paintings thought to be fakes are real – MacleansCA
Turmoil at Cy Twombly Foundation – The New York Times
Van Dyck painting ‘found online’ – BBC News
Royal Academy Manet Scholars Seminar- Draft Programme (invitees only)
Pastor Indicted For Attempting to Sell Fake Damien Hirst Painting at Sotheby’s – Gallerist NY
Werken Francis Bacon ontdekt op achterkant schilderijen – De Volkskrant
‘The Books that Shaped Art History’ – Financial Times
Art and Authenticity – Sotheby’s
La Madone de Laroque- vrai ou faux Léonard de Vinci ? – Figaro
Interview with Ken Perenyi, American Art Forger – Blouin ARTINFO
Sotheby’s to fight Caravaggio claim – Antiques Trade Gazette
Agnew’s to sell historical archive – The Art Newspaper
Split Decisions- When Critics Change Their Minds – ARTNews
From Guido Reni to Carracci- Scholar Bequeaths 57 Baroque Masterpieces to UK Museums – Blouin ARTINFO
China debates droit de suite – The Art Newspaper
The Art Market- Bangers and smashed records – FT
Sotheby’s sued over Caravaggio attribution – The Art Newspaper
Video – Jean-Jacques Fernier, auteur du « Catalogue raisonné » de l’œuvre de Courbet
Amateur art buff finds £35 million head of Courbet masterpiece – Telegraph
Heeft Courbet zijn beroemde schilderij met naakt vrouwenlijf onthoofd? – NRC
LA LONGUE QUÊTE DE ‘L’ORIGINE DU MONDE’ – Paris Match
High Court Drama- Scholars, Christie’s, and the Russian Oligarch – ARTNews
Did Leonardo give ‘Mona Lisa’ a younger sister – Irish Times
The Met’s new guards & the future of Philippine contemporary art – Philipine Star
The Complicated Business of Spotting an Art Forgery – HUFFINGTON
Secret Painting in Rembrandt Masterpiece Seen – Discovery News
Why the Brooklyn Museum Can’t Get Rid of All This Fake Art – Atlantic Wire
Paris Ritz renovations uncover mystery masterpiece – France24
New Allegations Against Knoedler Gallery Claim It Sold Yet Another Fake Rothko – Blouin ARTINFO
Werner Spies rehabilitated with Max Ernst show in Vienna – The Art Newspaper
Modigliani-kenner fraudeverdachte – NRC
Modigliani ‘expert’ accused of being art’s biggest fraud – Independent
Two sent to prison in plot to fence Matisse masterpiece in Miami Beach – Miami Herald
A Michelangelo in New York – Wanted in Rome
YEAR IN REVIEW- 10 Stories That Moved the Art Market in 2012 – Blouin ARTINFO
Growth in internet sales forces fraud issue – The Art Newspaper
Antiques Roadshow Finds Lost Diego Rivera, L.A. MOCA’s Curator Exodus, and More – Blouin ARTINFO
Appraiser Colleene Fesko’s Million-Dollar Diego Rivera Discovery – ARTFIXDaily
Modigliani Institute President Involved In Forgery Investigation – HUFFINGTON
Falsi Modigliani per 6,5 milioni di euro – ArtEconomy24
Falsi Modigliani, arrestato Vignapiano – Il Messaggero
Weet publiek wat echt is – NRC
Brooklyn Museum May Have to Pay Hundreds of Thousands to Store Fake Art – DNAinfo NY
Titian painting rediscovered in depths of National Gallery – The Guardian
