Chloë Ashby

The secrets of a master art forger

Tony Tetro fooled many connoisseurs with his canvases – aged by mixing coffee and cigarette butts or baking them in a pizza oven

Tony Tetro at home with a forged Chagall. [Coleman Beltrami] 
issue 10 December 2022

  • Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger

    Tony Tetro and Giampiero Ambrosi

    Hachette, pp. 288, £25

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