Italy's art police seize 21 suspected forged Salvador Dalí artworks after show opens in Parma

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Published on 01/10/2025 - 14:48 GMT+2

Italy’s creation police have seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador Dalí connected suspicion they were forgeries, aft being tipped disconnected by nan Surrealist's instauration successful Spain astir suspected anomalies successful nan works.

The useful were portion of an exhibition, “Salvador Dalí, tra arte e mito” (“Salvador Dalí, betwixt creation and myth”) that had been connected show successful Rome for nan first half of nan year. Last week, it opened astatine Parma’s Palazzo Tarasconi.

Italy’s carabinieri creation squad said while nan show was unfastened successful Rome, it had received a study astir suspected anomalies successful immoderate of nan useful from nan Fundaciòn Gala - Salvador Dalí.

The creator had created nan non-profit instauration successful 1983 to “promote, foster, disseminate, enhance, and take sides Dalí’s world worldwide,” according to nan foundation’s website.

This morning, pinch a judge’s warrant, nan constabulary seized 21 useful from nan Parma museum, including tapestries, drawings and engravings. Police stressed that nan investigation was continuing.

Dalí is among nan most-forged artists on pinch Pablo Picasso and Amadeo Modigliani, according to ArtNews.