Laura Gascoigne

Fascinating forgeries: Art and Artifice – Fakes from the Collection, at the Courtauld, reviewed

How is it that a painting that was worth millions yesterday can be worth nothing today, when the picture has not changed?

‘Triptych with Virgin and Child with Saints’ by Icilio Federico Joni (1866-1946). Credit: The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
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    Courtauld Gallery, until 8 October

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