The Morrisseau Estate believes inauthentic paintings now outnumber real ones on the market, experts would like McGill to remove the painting from display and have its provenance determined
The work, known as Salmon Life Giving Spawn, was recently hanging at the Ontario Legislature building and had characteristics investigators say link it to one of the Norval Morrisseau art fraud rings.
A piece of artwork hanging in the Ontario legislature was seized by police Thursday amid allegations that it was not painted by prominent Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau as was originally claimed.
The Ontario Provincial Police have seized the artwork for further investigation as the gallery, The Whetung Ojibwa Centre, says it will support the efforts of law enforcement
A piece of artwork hanging in the Ontario legislature was seized by police Thursday amid allegations that it was not painted by prominent Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau as was originally claimed.