High Court Drama: Scholars, Christie’s, and the Russian Oligarch
A judge decided it was a fake, but some scholars say that a Russian painting sold at Christie’s is genuine Read More
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Protecting Goncharova’s Legacy
Alarmed by a proliferation of fakes—and books that promote them as real—Moscow’s Tretyakov Gallery has appealed to the Russian government for help. Read More
The Faking of the Russian Avant-Garde
With invented provenances, unreliable certificates of authenticity, and “rediscovered” works by artists who are lost to history, forgers are flooding galleries and auction houses with Russian avant-garde fakes. A six-month ARTnews investigation reveals that inauthentic works now outnumber authentic ones. Read More
Sex, Money, Glamour, Tractors
Vladimir Dubossarsky and Alexander Vinogradov are charting new terrain by using the language of Socialist Realism to comment on contemporary Russia. Read More
