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fromSacramento Bee
3 weeks ago

Pawn shop owner tries selling stolen Andy Warhol proof worth $175K in CA, feds say

Pawn shop owner faces charges for selling stolen Warhol print valued at $175,000.
He allegedly bought the print for $6,000, knowing it was stolen.
fromThe Art Newspaper - International art news and events
1 month ago

Qatari sheikh wins case against Phoenix Ancient Art over allegedly forged antiquity

Phoenix Ancient Art insists that its items, including the disputed Nike statue, have been vetted, with extensive records and scientific reports affirming their authenticity, citing the exclusion of evidence in court as unprecedented.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Fresh doubt cast on authenticity of Rubens painting in National Gallery

New evidence suggests that the National Gallery's 'Samson and Delilah' may be a 20th-century copy, not painted by Rubens.
fromThe New Yorker
7 months ago

The Mordant Intimacy of Cecile Desprairies's "The Propagandist"

"Desprairies, a historian of Vichy France, focuses on a single French clan—modeled after her own family—their ill-begotten gains and misbegotten ideologies."
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