Father and daughter admit to selling counterfeit Warhol and Picasso artwork.
Father-Daughter Duo Plead Guilty to Selling Counterfeit Art On Wednesday, federal prosecutors announced that a father and daughter, Irwin Bankowski, 50, and Karolina Bankowska, 26, have pleaded guilty to charges related to selling counterfeit artwork that falsely claimed to be from a well-known contemporary artist. They could face sentences of up to 20 years in […]
Tiny Yet Valued Picasso Artwork Goes Missing During Journey from Madrid Museum
Missing Picasso Painting Sparks Investigation A small Pablo Picasso painting, measuring just 5 by 4 inches and valued at nearly $500,000, has gone missing after being transported from a museum in Madrid earlier this month. This artwork, part of a collection being moved for an exhibition titled “Still Life: Eternity of Inanimate Things” at a […]
Artist to destroy Picasso, Rembrandt, Warhol art if Julian Assange dies in prison
A French artist has announced plans to use acid to destroy up to $45 million worth of art, including works by Rembrandt, Picasso and Andy Warhol, if WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange dies in prison. . Andrei Molodkin has 16 works of art donated to him stored in a 29-ton safe along with a “highly corrosive” […]
These robot dogs paint like Picasso and fetch up to $40K for their art
Agnieszka Pilat is not your typical artist. She doesn't use brushes, pencils, or even her own hands to create her artwork. Instead, she uses robots, specifically robot dogs made by Boston Dynamics. Artist Agnieszka Pilat and her robot dog (Agnieszka Pilat) Robot dog that draws like a human Pilat was born in Poland. Now living […]