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FUTURIST FORGERIES: No art movement has ever been so comprehensively faked as the revolutionary "Russian avant-garde" of the 1910s and 1920s.

Authors :
HATHERLEY, OWEN
Source :
Jacobin Magazine; Spring2023, Issue 49, p64-69, 6p
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

The article focuses on the surprising prevalence of fake Russian avant-garde artworks available for purchase online. Topics include the high number of forgeries in the Russian avant-garde art movement, the ease with which these fakes have been sold, and notable cases where major exhibitions were exposed as having featured counterfeit works.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24706930
Issue :
49
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Jacobin Magazine
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
179159194