Iraq's prized modern art plagued by forgery, trafficking
29th June 2023
"Recently, we spotted a fake in Baghdad," said the artist's 50-year-old son, Mohammed Shakir Hassan al-Said.
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This photograph taken on June 27, 2023, shows a sculpture named « I am Hip Hop » made by the artist Dave Cortes representing an album cover of Hip-hop artist Nas displayed as part of the exhibition.
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.