British art dealer, gallery owner and collector James Butterwick played a decisive role in both exposing the fake exhibition Russian Avant-Garde from Cubo-Futurism to Suprematism, held in Mantua in 2013-2014, and in debunking the dubious avant-garde from the Igor and Olga collection Toporovskikh. Read More
Museum Ludwig, Cologne brings together leading experts, art historians, art dealers and art collectors from around the world for an online symposium “Russian Avant-Garde: Original or Fake”. James Butterwick will be speaking on Saturday, November 7 at 5pm (CET) in the panel titled after his lecture “The Dark Side of The Boom. The Mass Faking of the Russian Avant Garde”. Read More
Questions over the authenticity of Russian avant-garde art have plagued the market for decades. Now, a groundbreaking new exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne has begun to provide answers. Read More
A tireless campaigner against the faking of the Russian Avant Garde, James has delivered lectures in museums and institutions both nationally and internationally. As the world adjusts to the new now, we are exploring a range of new formats. Yesterday James gave his first lecture via Zoom to The Arts Society members in Scotland, the experience that was thoroughly enjoyed by both the audience and the speaker. Read More
“Not long ago 49 artworks allegedly by Natalia Goncharova were taken down from Gallery 95 Auction & Estate Sales in Hardville (SC, USA). However, overall we are beginning to see less fakes, says James Butterwick, London art dealer... Read More
James Butterwick as "The Dealer" in a short documentary "Peter's Painting" shot in Brooklyn, featured by the New Yorker. Read on... Read More
Fascinating read at Russian Art Focus "An Epidemic of Russian Fakes". "The art world recently hailed as a major victory the acquittal of prominent British dealer of Russian art James Butterwick in a libel case". Read on... Read More
An Italian court has cleared London Russian Art dealer James Butterwick of charges of defamation brought by the organizers of the show, “Avangardie Russe dal Cubofuturismo al Suprematismo’ held in Mantua from 30.11.2013 to 23.2.2014. Read More
Fascinating read and a long-awaited initiative from The Royal Academy of Arts in London “In a market blighted by fakes and forgeries, art experts have faced legal action and even death threats for refusing to authenticate works as original.... Read More
On June 9th at the Museum of Russian Impressionism, Moscow James Butterwick gave a lecture on The Faking of the Russian Art. Read More
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 7 pm
Museum of Russian Impressionism, Moscow Read More
Imagine the scenario. A client buys a painting from me and wishes to resell it at auction a few years later, only to be told that the auction house cannot accept the work as it is unable to “guarantee authenticity”. The client’s next port of call would be a top dealer, but they also refuse. Where does this leave the seller? Read More
