Why Salvador Dalí is the Most Faked Artist in the World | The Hustle

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Salvador Dalí was one of the most popular artists of his time. While he enjoyed the spotlight, he wasn’t so careful about protecting his work and paved the way for forgers to rip off his art. Fake Dalí art still floods the market today. Bernard Ewell, known as the “Dalí Detective,” has identified 58k Dalí fakes in his career. He walks us through his process and sheds light on how Dalí became one of the most forged artists in history.
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[@crystallyn14]

His wife Gala is actually the one who pushed Dalí to sign thousand and thousands of sheets of paper to sell as a way to supplement their income.

[@macmensch]

Dali said he likes to make $10.000 before breakfast by signing an enormous amount empty pieces of paper. Surrealism in a way.

[@SuperDarthKelly]

Salvador Dalí would probably think this is hilarious

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I love your content, it's so useful and valuable

[@TheSillySils]

I legit almost bought a fake print at a thrift the other day. I never knew any of this but my internal reseller alarms were ringing.

[@claudiaariasgonzalez6941]

Interesting