Pierre-Auguste Renoir in EL PAÍS English

'Impression, Sunrise' (1872), by Claude Monet, the painting that gave the movement its name. Critic, Louis Leroy, tried to imbue the word ‘Impressionism’ with negative connotations after visiting the Impressionists’ first exhibition in 1874.

France celebrates the anniversary of the art movement with an exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, focusing on the first exhibition organized in 1874 by artists who challenged the establishment to paint modern life

The five works seized by police, exhibited in Valencia.

Art fraud

Antonio López, a police expert in hunting down counterfeit works of art: ‘They’re sold as Picassos, but they’re really Pikachus’

Ferran Bono|Valencia|Sep 18, 2023 - 02:00 CEST

Following the seizure of five works — including two attributed to Goya — in an operation involving five defendants, the director of Valencia’s Police Patrimony Unit explains how forgeries are detected

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Antonio López, a police expert in hunting down counterfeit works of art: ‘They’re sold as Picassos, but they’re really Pikachus’

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