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Art Dealer Pays $4.2 Million to Settle `Fake’ Old Master Dispute

Art dealer Mark Weiss and his company have paid $4.2 million to settle a lawsuit with Sotheby’s auction house after an Old Master painting he once owned got caught up in a forgery scandal that shocked the art world. Details …

Dutch Art Sleuth Recovers Picasso Stolen 20 Years Ago

About the photo: This image released on Tuesday shows Dutch art detective Arthur Brand with “Buste de Femme”, a recovered Picasso painting. (Arthur Brand via AP) AMSTERDAM — A Dutch art detective said Tuesday that he has recovered a valuable …

Michigan Nuclear Research Facility Could Be Used to Fight Art Forgery

It would be a signature that’s virtually impossible to fake. Because you’d need an immensely powerful nuclear science research facility to create it. A pair of Michigan State University researchers – Wolfgang Bauer and Bradley Sherill – have proposed using …

New Delaware Museum Exhibit Provides Insight into Art Fraud

A painting with problematic pigment. A Chanel suit dressed up with acetate trim instead of silk. A Stradivarius violin that, well, just doesn’t sound right. They’re all part of a new exhibit at Delaware’s Winterthur Museum that offers would-be sleuths …