Want to avoid frauds? A no-nonsense guide to ensuring the art you buy is the real dealArt forgeries and dubious provenances are a common scourge in the industry. Here are some factors to watch out for before making a purchase.
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bitsCrunch - The Verified Tick Of NFT Asset Security14 Jul, 2022, 12.26 PM IST
ED issues fresh summons to Shiv Sena MP Gawali for questioning on Oct 20She was first summoned by the agency to appear on October 4 but she sought adjournment and a new date citing work commitments. The Shiv Sen...
18 Oct, 2021, 01.16 PM IST
Amitabh Bachchan 1st Indian star to roll out NFT collectionNFTs, or non-fungible tokens, transform digital artworks into unique verifiable digital assets that are tradable on the blockchain. Global ...
31 Aug, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
Pop artist Robert Indiana's island home to turn into a museum to preserve & celebrate his workIndiana's estate, which is valued at upward of $80 million, had been entangled in a lawsuit.
14 Jun, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Picasso, Gauguin, Modigliani: When fake artworks made as much news as the originalsIn May 2000, auction houses Christie’s and Sotheby’s both offered Paul Gauguin’s ‘Vase de Fleurs’ for sale.
24 Sep, 2019, 01.11 PM IST
Harlequin Head, Landscape with Horses: Five notable art forgeries from around the worldIn June 2011, news of a massive art fraud by a German group of forgers came to light.
01 Jan, 2019, 08.16 AM IST
Why potential buyers of valued artwork must get a provenance review firstAn evaluation of provenance, being the chain of previous owners of the piece, is important to determine questions of authenticity, valuatio...
15 Oct, 2017, 01.19 AM IST
Soon, smartwatches to verify handwritten signatures!The novel technology utilises motion data - a person's wrist movements - to classify the signature as genuine or forged.
01 Feb, 2017, 10.44 AM IST
Art fakes, a genuine menace!The wife of the master painter made the alarming disclosure and complained that deteriorating archives have compounded the problem.
14 Apr, 2016, 12.30 PM IST
No one can stop me from starting dance academy: Hema MaliniThere have been allegations that she illegally grabbed land for a dance academy at a nominal price.
08 Mar, 2016, 09.09 PM IST
It is not for the faint-hearted but investing in art is taking offArt is not an investment for the faint-hearted. And Bengalureans have always been privy to risk-taking and are considering art as an invest...
02 Sep, 2015, 10.10 AM IST
Socialite in elaborate art fraud schemeSheetal removed 47 paintings from the Mafatlal bungalow and stored it at the Fine Art warehouse in Wadala. She sent more than 15 paintings ...
09 May, 2015, 12.51 PM IST
Writ against Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti over claim of lecture at HarvardBJP's Chandra Prakash Prashar filed the writ in the court of Muzaffarpur Chief Judicial Magistrate Ved Prakash Singh against Misa Bharti.
13 Mar, 2015, 09.59 PM IST
Indian contemporary art: Major force on global canvasAfter the Japanese and Chinese art market explosion, contemporary Indian art is finally having its day on the international canvas. In Pics...
24 Jan, 2010, 01.50 AM IST
- But for the forgery, Satyam was a work of art: Damodaran
Had it not been for a fraud, the way things were manipulated for over seven years in IT major Satyam Computer could be a "work of art", for...
03 May, 2009, 03.13 PM IST
Madras HC allows release of Aamir-starrer GhajiniMadras HC lifted the stay on the release of the much-hyped Ghajini starring Aamir Khan.
24 Dec, 2008, 06.08 PM IST