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Why does Salvador Dali's work lend itself to forgery?

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By Ailsa Chang,

Daniel Ofman, Kai McNamee, Justine Kenin

Published October 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM EDT

On Wednesday, Italian art police in Parma seized 21 artworks purportedly by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were forgeries. Host Ailsa Chang speaks with art fraud investigator and expert Colette Loll.

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Justine Kenin is an editor on All Things Considered. She joined NPR in 1999 as an intern. Nothing makes her happier than getting a book in the right reader's hands – most especially her own.

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