South Africa: There's Been a Spike in Fake African Art. What's Being Done to Fight It

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The art world has been dealing with fakes for more than 2 000 years, with perhaps the most notorious case being the forgeries of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer's paintings by artist Han van Meegeren during the Second World War.

Now African art is becoming a larger and larger target. Fakes are flooding the South African market and while a range of artists is affected, it's mostly the black modernists (1960 - 1990) whose legacy is suffering.

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