The world's most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his
decades of painting like the Masters-exposing an art world that is
far more corrupt than we ever knew while providing an art history
lesson wrapped in sex, drugs, and Caravaggio.The art world is a
much dirtier, nastier business than you might expect. Tony Tetro,
one of the most renowned art forgers in history, will make you
question every masterpiece you've ever seen in a museum, gallery,
or private collection. Tetro's "Rembrandts," "Caravaggios,"
"Miros," and hundreds of other works now hang on walls around the
globe. In 2019, it was revealed that Prince Charles received into
his collection a Picasso, Dali, Monet, and Chagall, insuring them
for over 200 million pounds, only to later discover that they're
actually "Tetros." And the kicker? In Tony's words: "Even if some
tycoon finds out his Rembrandt is a fake, what's he going to do,
turn it in? Now his Rembrandt just became motel art. Better to keep
quiet and pass it on to the next guy. It's the way things work for
guys like me." That scandal is the subject of a forthcoming feature
documentary with Academy Award nominee Kief Davidson and co-author
Giampiero Ambrosi, in cooperation with Tetro Throughout Tetro's
career of over forty-five years, his inimitable talent has been
coupled with a reckless penchant for drugs, fast cars, and sleeping
with other con artists. He was busted in 1989 and spent four years
in court and a one in prison. His voice-rough, wry, deeply
authentic-is nothing like the high society he swanned around in,
driving his Lamborghini or Ferrari, hobnobbing with aristocrats by
day, and diving into orgies when the lights went out. He's a former
furniture store clerk who can walk around in Caravaggio's shoes,
become Picasso or Monet, with an encyclopedic understanding of
their paint, their canvases, their vision: and hide it all in a
grubby California townhouse with a secret art room built into the
bathroom. (Press #* on his phone and the mirror pops open.) Pairing
up with one of the investigative journalists who uncovered the 2019
scandal, Tetro and coauthor Ambrosi unveil the fascinating truth of
the art world in an epic, alluring, utterly believable, and
all-true narrative.
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