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Fake paintings in India
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-09/kolkata/28671980_1_fake-paintings-pil-exhibition Litigation was filed in a high court in Calcutta earlier his week, hoping to kick start an inquest into an exhibition of alleged fake paintings at the Government College of Art and Craft at Kolkata. The works were meant … Continue reading
Fake Banksy [again]
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/mar/04/fake-banksy-tag-gets-tagged/ A tale about Banksys and fakes. again. This time, an anonymous protector of Banksy’s reputation has written ‘only hosers make fake art!” on an imitation ‘Banksy’ piece on the side of a shop. Quite sweet really…
when’s a fake a fake?
there a lot of confusion about the difference between a ‘fake’ artwork and a ‘copy’ These artworks are effectively ‘knock off’s. At the point people buy the paintings they know they’re not a genuine ‘van gogh’ or ‘monet’. An industry … Continue reading
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