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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Italy art police seize 21 suspected fake works from Salvador Dalí show

Carabinieri officers hold one of the 21 artworks, which appears to be a engraving: other pictures in frames are arranged behind them in a room in a palazzo with paintings of classical-style scenes on the walls. One officer wears a dark blue vest with Carabinieri on it over casual clothes while the other has a black cap, jacket, and trousers with a red stripe down the side.
Police confiscated 21 artworks from the show in Parma including engravings, drawings and tapestries. Photograph: Carabinieri/Reuters

Italy’s art squad on Tuesday seized 21 artworks from a major exhibition in Parma dedicated to works by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were falsely attributed to the Spanish surrealist.

The show, entitled Dalí, Between Art and Myth, had only been open for a few days at Palazzo Tarasconi before police confiscated the allegedly forged works, including drawings, tapestries and engravings.

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