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ROME (AP) — Italy’s art police on Wednesday seized 21 artworks
purportedly by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were forgeries,
after being tipped off by the Surrealist's foundation in Spain
about suspected anomalies in the works.
The works were part of an exhibition, “Salvador Dalí, tra arte e
mito” (Salvador Dalí, between art and myth”) that had been on
show in Rome for the first half of the year and last week opened
at Parma’s Palazzo Tarasconi.
Italy’s carabinieri art squad said while the show was open in
Rome, it had received a report about suspected anomalies in some
of the works from the Fundaciòn Gala - Salvador Dalí. The artist
had created the non-profit foundation in 1983 to “promote,
foster, disseminate, enhance, and defend Dalí’s world
worldwide,” according to the foundation’s website.
On Wednesday morning with a judge’s warrant, the police seized
21 works from the Parma museum, including tapestries, drawings
and engravings. Police stressed that the investigation was
continuing.
With his whimsical creations, Dalí, is among the most-forged
artists along with Pablo Picasso and Amadeo Modigliani,
according to ArtNews.
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