Disputed Frida Kahlo archive may be authentic, Mexican court rules
From the link:
A breathless story in the online Art Newspaper reported heated claims that the previously unknown cache was fake. The charges were made by a dozen American and Mexican art dealers, critics and historians, all of whom share a vested interest in Kahlo’s robust market and the publishing business around it.[…]
In August 2009, the complainants issued a letter to the media and to Mexican culture officials declaring that “all of the documents and works in [the collection] are fakes.”[…]
What the Art Newspaper did not report was that none of those objecting had actually laid eyes on the Kahlo material they were disputing. The protests seemed like they may have been designed to muddy the waters, tainting the collection before it went public.
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