Van Gogh painting revealed as fake (AP)

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Van Gogh painting revealed as fake

1 hour, 21 minutes ago

MELBOURNE, Australia - A painting attributed to Vincent Van
Gogh for more than 70 years was said to be a fake Friday, after
art experts found it was probably painted by one his peers.

The director of Australia's National Gallery of Victoria, Gerard
Vaughan, said a specialist team at the Van Gogh Museum in the
Netherlands found the painting had strong stylistic differences
from the Dutch artist's other works, and was mostly likely
painted by one of his contemporaries.

The painting, "Head of a Man," was brought to Australia in 1939
as part of a contemporary art exhibit owned by Keith Murdoch,
father of media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

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[Ian David]

1. Be sure to turn "Safe-search" on...

[Eugene]

2. *chuckle*

:D