Fakes trouble India’s booming art market
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NEW DELHI — Over the next few days, India’s biggest art show will witness a frenzy of buying, but before opening their wallets, collectors should be aware of Arpana Caur’s cautionary tale.
During a recent visit to a gallery in New Delhi, the 57-year-old artist identified two paintings that were copied from her “Nanak” series that depicts the life of the founder of the Sikh religion.
She says her investigation revealed that her former apprentice and framer were running a racket employing art students to copy her works and then sell them to new galleries.
“I filed a police complaint against them, seized the forged paintings as proof, but they were never arrested,” said Caur, whose work fetches up to two million rupees ($44,000) at international shows and auctions..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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