High-level art forgers often bypass expert analysis by combining period-accurate materials, such as aged canvases, with fabricated provenance, such as fake exhibition stamps and "lost" histories. These forgers, driven by ego and the "thrill" of deceiving market gatekeepers, exploit gaps in artist catalogues and mimic historical painting techniques to create convincing fakes. You can learn more about the techniques and psychology of these forgery cases.

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Jeremy Willard is a Toronto-based freelance writer and editor. He's written for Fab Magazine, Daily Xtra and the Torontoist. He generally writes about the arts, local news and queer history (in History Boys, the Daily Xtra column that he shares with Michael Lyons).

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High-level art forgers often bypass expert analysis by combining period-accurate materials, such as aged canvases, with fabricated provenance, such as fake exhibition stamps and "lost" histories. These forgers, driven by ego and the "thrill" of deceiving market gatekeepers, exploit gaps in artist catalogues and mimic historical painting techniques to create convincing fakes. You can learn more about the techniques and psychology of these forgery cases.