Science’s war on art fraud

Technology is helping us see what lies beneath the surface of works of art. Once upon a time an artist’s signature – down there, in the corner of the painting – was just about all the verification anyone needed to be sure an artwork was genuine. If you had the provenance as well – the documented history of the work’s sales and owners – no more proof was needed.
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