Italy’s culture ministry said Monday the seizures in Italy, France, Spain and Belgium netted 2,100 fake works attributed to more than 30 famed artists, including Andy Warhol, Amedeo Modigliani, Banksy, Pablo Picasso, Joan Mirò, Francis Bacon, Wassily Kandinsky, Henry Moore and Gustav Klimt.
European fake art network involving Banksys, Modiglianis, Warhols uncovered in Italy
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But Italy says the promised economic benefits didn't materialize, and its membership created friction with other Western European governments and the United States.
China, Italy sign 3-year action plan as Italian PM Giorgia Meloni tries to reset relations
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