Iraq’s prized modern art plagued by forgery, trafficking

Many masterpieces of Iraqi painting were looted or destroyed during the years of war, but now the country’s artistic heritage faces another threat: rampant counterfeiting and illicit trafficking. Adorning a wall of Baghdad’s modern art museum, the painting “Death to Colonialism”, with its sombre blues and greys, by pioneering Iraqi artist Shakir Hassan al-Said is one […]

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