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Italy art police seize 21 suspected fake works from Salvador Dalí show

Squad confiscates works from Parma exhibition after consulting Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation in Catalonia

Italy’s art squad on Tuesday seized 21 artworks from a major exhibition in Parma dedicated to works by Salvador Dalí on suspicion they were falsely attributed to the Spanish surrealist.

The show, entitled Dalí, Between Art and Myth, had only been open for a few days at Palazzo Tarasconi before police confiscated the allegedly forged works, including drawings, tapestries and engravings.

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