The collapse of the Soviet Union flooded the art market with works of often uncertain provenance. German and Israeli police now believe they have broken up a ‘cartel’ suspected of selling hundreds of Russian avant-garde forgeries worth tens of millions. Dusk was falling over the foothills of the Lire la suite...
A Fake Avant-Garde
How counterfeits can destroy a painter Article by Nadia NAZAREVSKAYA based on an interview with Andrei Nakov, published in Russian in the weekly KULTURA n° 15 (7678) Moscow 16-22 April 2009, p. 3 (English translation). The exhibition “ Alexandra Exter and her Friends ” caused a huge scandal in Lire la suite...
The death of Werner Hofmann (1928-2013)
It is with deep sadness that we have to announce the loss of our friend and most helpful member of our Association, Professor Werner Hofmann, whose death occurred suddenly in Hamburg on 13 March 2013. This great art historian was one of the last very distinguished representatives of the famous Lire la suite...
Pollution bibliographique
ALEXANDRA EXTER par Jean Chauvelin et Nadia Filatoff À la fin de l’année 2003 paraissait à Paris, aux éditions Max Milo le volume ALEXANDRA EXTER, sous-titré MONOGRAPHIE. Cf. l’article de Geneviève Breerette dans Le Monde daté du 5 déc. 2003. Il avait pour auteurs Jean Chauvelin et Nadia Lire la suite...
French Police Confiscate Entire Alexandra Exter Exhibition Claiming Fakes
THE ART NEWSPAPER , London, MAY issue, 2009« Russia stories » by John VaroliSt. Petersburg On March 19 French police confiscated an entire exhibition of artworks attributed to Russian avant-garde artist, Alexandra Exter. Police acted on a complaint made by leading avant-garde expert, Andrei Lire la suite...
Vie de l’association
Des professionnels chevronnés à même de défendre et de faire connaitre l’œuvre. En raison de la nécessité accrue d’une défense active et surtout immédiate de l’œuvre d’Alexandra Exter dont l’image a été mise en danger par l’imposture de l’exposition de Tours (voir section du site Lire la suite...