Last year, a museum in France dedicated to the work of Étienne Terrus discovered that over half of its collection was fake. Phil Hoad spent nine months investigating how it happened.
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A painting long thought to be a fake Botticelli turned out to be real. British conservators confirmed the authenticity of “Madonna of the Pomegranate” via X-ray and infrared tests.
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Newly uncovered Georgia O'Keeffe letters shed light on her greatest paintings
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Thieves steal a famous painting from an Italian church — but don't worry, it's fake
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A newly-discovered note may finally prove that the much-disputed portrait of young Jane Austen is, in fact, the novelist herself
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Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights
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The Garden of Earthly Delights by Jheronimus Bosch - an online interactive adventure
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‘Ivan the Terrible’ painting damaged in Russia in vodka-fueled attack
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