What Happens to Art Fakes and Forgeries After They’re Discovered?
Edgar Mrugala’s forgery of the painting The poor poet By Franz Karl Spitzweg, it was shown in the exhibition “Echt falsch – Das Phaenomen der Kunstfaelschung” (“The Really Fake – The Phenomenon of Art Forgery”) at the Fabrik der Kunst in Hamburg in 2018. Photo by Maltese Christians/Image Alliance via Getty Images This story begins … Read more