art, forgery, genius, la pieta, masterpiece, michelangelo, renaissance, roman and greek culture, sistine chapel, sleeping cupid

How Michelangelo’s Forgery Propelled His Career to New Heights

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, famously known as Michelangelo, is a towering figure in art history. He profoundly impacted the Renaissance as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.  But he wasn’t always famous. One story tells us how Michelangelo made a Roman antiquity forgery so good that it propelled him to fame. A young struggling ...

Nathan Machoka

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

How Con Artists Conned Other Con Artists With a Fake Goya Painting

Most of the time, con artists prey on victims that unknowingly fall into their trap. However, every once in a while, a con artist would also fall for other con artists. Becoming a victim of conning is often hard on people, but rarely does it turn them into con artists themselves. However, this is what ...

Mike West

Francisco de Goya.