The Mind Creative JULY 2014 | Page 12

The Mind Creative March 2014 Art forgery, make no mistake, is definitely a crime in more ways than one. Yet, this is one crime that needs superlative creative skills. Art, like life itself, manifests itself in many forms. Most of these forms often provide the platform for wealth, fame or both. The ubiquitous skill of art forgery however has always provided the tainted platform for notoriety. Wolfgang Beltracchi and his forgery of surrealist painter Max Earnst (left) 12 12