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The art critic Vittorio Sgarbi is one of 23 investigators of the Rome prosecutor in connection with a lengthy investigation into the self-certification of counterfeit works of art having also led to two arrests.
The investigation of the carabineros of the protection of the cultural heritage concerns the Gino De Dominicis archival foundation in Rome, of which Sgarbi is the president and for which he would have authenticated several works of De Dominicis (and, in a to a lesser extent, other artists).
The allegations to the suspects are, for various reasons, those of a criminal badociation aimed at receiving and selling counterfeit works of art.
At the request of Attorney General Laura Condemi, 250 works considered counterfeit (some already purchased by collectors) were seized for an estimated value of 30 million euros. The carabineers also applied four precautionary measures. The Vice President of the Foundation and the alleged forger found themselves under house arrest. The activity was closed to two gallerists.
Sgarbi's response to the news of the investigation is harsh and harsh on investigators: "Never before has the core protection of the artistic heritage of the carabineros reached the lowest point, putting ignorance at the service of blindness and the lack of judgment of a magistrate "For the critic Ferrarais, on the other hand, they are" authentic works of Gino de Dominicis ", considered as false" bases of farogical investigations, without any proof, without identification of the forgers ".
For Sgarbi, it is an "imaginative and visionary threat to the freedom of criticism and the expertise of the experts".
"I will propose a parliamentary question and I will request access to the documents of the investigation – concludes Sgarbi – who defames honest collectors and gallerists without any evidence that could compromise the critical activity with his convictions. At the same time, I asked lawyer Cicconi to lodge a complaint for defamation against the Condemi Prosecutor General ".
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