Dali and Disney Artistic Collaboration on Destino Result in Fakes Fallout
December 17, 2009 by FineArtRegistry
Filed under FAR Investigates, Fine Art Registry
Park West Gallery Presents Destino
But Do You Know What Are You Buying When You Buy the Destino Prints from Park West Gallery?
In the late 1940’s an unlikely alliance was formed when surrealist artist Salvador Dalí and noted family orientated film maker Walt Disney began working together on an animated film production, Destino, (Spanish for “destiny”). The two artistic giants evidently met and Dali was employed at The Disney Company in the mid 1940s, working with John Hench, an exceptional Disney artist. There is an air of deep mystery that surrounds the film and has resulted in stolen artwork, missing originals, outright fakes and total misrepresentations. This puzzling story is explored in stunning detail in an article written for Fine Art Registry® entitled, Park West Gallery Presents Destino - But Do You Know What Are You Buying When You Buy the Destino Prints from Park West Gallery? Read more
Park West Gallery and its Hired Experts Ewell and Fornes Exposed!
August 25, 2009 by FineArtRegistry
Filed under General Art Interest
Dali “Divine Comedy Fraud” Investigation in Spain!
La Razon - 24 August 2009
The horrific (Dantesque) fraud with Dalí
The center sued by the painter’s Foundation sells loose prints from The Divine Comedy. A publisher authenticates for the USA a collection which is the subject of legal battles.
Víctor Fernández, investigative reporter for LA RAZÓN newspaper in Barcelona, Spain, reports on the ever-increasing and ostensibly endless fraudulent and overpriced Dali “Divine Comedy” prints which are being sold in large part, by Park West Gallery a commercial art seller that figures prominently in this Spanish art fraud investigation along with its self-proclaimed, dime-store Dali “detective”, Bernie Ewell (who on his best day is a mere appraiser), but for a buck would authenticate a Dali Pez dispenser if asked to (that is, if there were such a thing). Shockingly, it also focuses on Park West Gallery’s newly hired “expert”, Eduard Fornés, who just happens to be in a nice cozy bed with Park West Gallery. Like Ewell, it appears that Fornés will do anything for money. Now that Fornés is implicated in wrong doing in Spain, what will Park West Gallery do now?
Read the complete article online at www.salvadordalifakes.com.
Coercion Used To Force Respected Art Magazine To Publish Lies
July 7, 2009 by FineArtRegistry
Filed under FAR Investigates
Dali Fakes #7: Setting the Record Straighter
It is truly disturbing the lengths to which dishonest businesses will sink in order to cover their misdeeds. In an article written by David Phillips entitled Setting the Record Straighter, you will read an unsettling account of just such a company. Read more