Italian police just raided a renowned art and culture center in Parma, Italy, and seized 21 pieces from a Salvador Dalí exhibit because they were fakes. That’s right, a major exhibition called “Salvador Dalí, Between Art and Myth” at the historic Palazzo Tarasconi got absolutely busted after the police executed a seizure of tapestries, drawings, and engravings that turned out to be forgeries.
I honestly can’t believe a major cultural hub of fine art, like the Palazzo Tarasconi (built in the 16th century), got completely fooled. The whole thing went down after the Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation tipped off the Italian authorities that some of the surrealist artist’s masterpieces being showcased were actually forged. You’d think an exhibition centered around a figure as famous as Dalí would be airtight on authenticity, but apparently not. Art tends to get stolen and vandalized, but forgeries are way too common.
