BBC Documentaries
The Zaks Affair: Anatomy of a Fake Collection
2024 • E30 Mar 10, 2024 60m
A huge collection of the Russian and Ukrainian art was put on sale in Europe. Paintings were sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds and made their way into European and American museums.
It was said to include over 200 oil paintings of some of the most treasured Russian and Ukrainian constructivist artists, such El Lissitzky, Exter,
Goncharova, Popova and others, putting it among the largest in the world.
It was said to include over 200 oil paintings of some of the most treasured Russian and Ukrainian constructivist artists, such El Lissitzky, Exter,
Goncharova, Popova and others, putting it among the largest in the world.