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When I Paint His Masterpiece: The Beltracchis

Ridiculous Crime

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The Forgery of Pablo Picasso

In 2021, he released a series of NFTs called The Grates. He reimagined Leonardo da Vinci's Salvador Mundi in the style of other artists like Vincent Van Gogh and Andy Warhol. And then he creates work under his own name. Zaren Burnett: I like to cheer on the forgers, but I feel bad for the authenticators. Elizabeth Dutton: If the counterfeit were a good one, I'd sit down straight away and sign it.

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