Wolfgang Beltracchi

CBS 60 Minutes story on Wolfgang Beltracchi

[@dr_watson793]

"Do you think you did something wrong?" - "Yes, I used the wrong titanium white, yeah..." Great response :D

[@IETCHX69]

Elementary my dear "read poster ".

[@camm24]

you can tell they edited that, he was answering a different question.

[@jesh2694]

@Cameron Hollis: Curious, why do you say that? I've rewatched that moment numerous times to see if there's an indicator it was edited, but I don't see anything that would suggest to me they pasted a different answer to the question.

[@themScreamS]

Dr_Watson unfortunately the rich who bought these paintings made their money off the sweat of employees who had their wages reduced,made redundant and businesses closed to recover the outlay. You’ll never get nothing for nothing,there’s always a fall guy.

[@andreasdreyer9033]

there is no correct titanium white

[@abesouth3805]

I love the fact that he was able to fool the 'experts'.

[@The1Hawks2]

Abe South it shows the actual value of art. The story is worth more than the talent.

[@LKemp-lr1ky]

He never copied a work, he copied a style! Genius! Though I don't really care for Ernst.

[@Io-Io-Io]

bad taste you display there :p

[@lifewalk244]

He had to do painters that somehow fit the story and also the time of the collection. He was not only picking and choosing he really spent time to learn about the artist, the holes that he can fill, the potential story etc. Genius guy

[@kepler240]

13:20 "Do you think you did anything wrong?" "Yes, I used the wrong titanium white". And that look is freaking PRICELESS.

[@naisi]

This story is better than any Hollywood movie.

[@jogon206]

Yes, they should actually make a movie about it.

[@SurfJohGER2525]

@@jogon206 There actually is a movie about him. It's even on Netflix atm.

[@ferrumequus88]

One has to admire Wolfgang Beltracchi's sense of humor. :)

[@rtk5891]

There is no such thing as fake art only fake dealers.

[@ferrumequus88]

Als Aachener, der in Hongkong lebt, fand ich Ihre Lebensgeschichte absolut genial. Ich bin stolz, dass die Kunstschule Aachen einen großen Maler hervorgebracht hat. Mach weiter so und male unter deinem Namen. Prost

[@ulfderulfte]

was hat Hongkong damit zu tun?

[@meganmcfarland8006]

Got to love this guy! Brilliant!

[@davidkess2405]

"Do you think you did something wrong?" - "Yes, I used the wrong white,.. titanium white was not listed on the label.....i am the victim..i was lied to..o yeah..."

[@seife41]

@@davidkess2405 he explained it far better in german, because his english sucks. But thats what he said too^^

[@petermartinverduyn]

He didn't make fake paintings like the host said. His paintings were just as real as anyone else's, ask the buyers, they agree

[@The1Hawks2]

Peter Joe, Masepoes you going to admit you lost 5 million haha

[@STICKITINYOUREAR]

If you liked a painting enough to spend $ 5 million then what's the problem? The problem is that the purchaser bought a NAME not a picture. He bought an investment instead buying what he liked. I'm not crying for his loss !

[@zekehooper]

Love these stories because it shows the ineptitude of the "excperts". And the silliness of the "art world".

[@The1Hawks2]

zekehooper yeah watch the episode of it's always sunny I Philadelphia.

[@miguelmoura6175]

MASTER.ABSOLUT FANTASTIC

[@davidkess2405]

"Do you think you did something wrong?" - "Yes, I used the wrong white,.. titanium white was not listed on the label.....i am the victim..i was lied to..o yeah..."

[@SteadfastHero]

12:20 awesome 👏 it’s nice to see someone who really appreciates art even if it’s fake, then calls it the best one.

[@cedricduguay8492]

he manage to put the infamous art industry in a very compromising spot ahaha

[@YULABEBE]

what a punch line at the end. genius.

[@bradleyrobinson7552]

God bless Wolfgang and Helene Beltracchi forever!!!

[@edtravels7661]

Very talented. WOW

[@davidkess2405]

amazing "Do you think you did something wrong?" - "Yes, I used the wrong white,.. titanium white was not listed on the label.....i am the victim..i was lied to..o yeah..."

[@rmorris4598]

The painting itself doesn't matter. It never does or a fake would be the same price as an original. Stupid people with stupid money are buying autographs in stead of the art. I love when those people get burned!

[@ivorytower99]

Great segment! For anyone interested, whom may not know of the series: there is a fabulous British series from BBC called "Fake or fortune".

[@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007]

The coolest guy on Earth...

[@aaronvaldes3104]

I love this guy.

[@timm6112]

OMG. Best ending ever. Yeah!!

[@8hiphop7]

it was the campendonk not the ernst that got him busted cbs lol

[@ERomine]

adoubles hole Exactly. 😂 Excellent journalism, CBS...👌👏👏👏😂

[@LKemp-lr1ky]

A GREAT Campendonk!! One day he will get full value. Love to have it.

[@STICKITINYOUREAR]

Lets see if I got this right. Most art forgers paint paintings already done by great artists. That artwork can't visually be differentiated from the original unless you use some technical device. The brush strokes are identical. The style is identical. Everything about the painting screams that it was done by the original artist. So why doesn't the faker get any credit? If his work can fool the experts then he must be a master painter also and he deserves recognition too. Here's the problem for the faker. No one will recognize his work so he is left to forging a master. In Beltracchi's case he didn't copy existing paintings or supposed lost works of art,he painted what he thought the artist might have painted. Frankly, to me he seems to be a genius who should have his own work recognized. Here's the bottom line. Buy what you like and forget about having a NAME artists work on your walls.

[@maulwurf11011991]

In the end he just got persecuted for Signiture Fraud not Art Foraging

[@lifewalk244]

There are some minor mistakes. The painting that contained the titanium white was not from Ernst. It was from Campendong calles "Rotes Bild mit Pferden" (red painting with horses). It was sold for a record price and was considered Campendonks best work.

[@TortugaLanguageProductions]

RIP--Robert David "Bob" Simon (May 29, 1941 - February 11, 2015) was an American television correspondent for CBS News.

[@dlee3710]

Cbs is a house of whores.

[@emilygray5537]

The video is interested and I like how he don't copy and his artist and a lot of information that I didn't even know. Wow I love the video

[@suchoudh]

8:34 they talk of RAMAN spectroscopy which is machine made out of RAMAN effect ( why is sky blue) . Proud of being Indian... time to kiss the world.

[@RenTheFen]

He kinda like Deep learning AI that uses examples to grow in making original art from other artists

[@kepler240]

Hell, I'd buy a million dollars worth if I had the money, those are awesome paintings

[@mischabe3]

He could’ve been a great artist in his own right.

[@robertfraserthompson9421]

I would pay good money for one of his paintings if I liked it.

[@troychriscarretas2657]

He is more Skilled than Overrated Artists like Damien Hirst and others

[@aaronvaldes3104]

Legend.

[@zohayazdani00]

Aside from the criminal stuff.. What a talent nonetheless👍 amazed

[@paulsmith1981]

How many master forgers are still out there? We only know about the ones that have been caught and how easy it is to pass of forgeries through greedy auction houses and galleries.

[@Huundeblogg]

«I used the wrong titanium white» is all he did wrong?» I guess it was a mistake that he was in jail...

[@AntonH56]

Obwohl ich es zutiefst verachte, muss ich sagen, dass es mich freut, dass er die "Quasi Intellektuellen" Kunsthistoriker und Kunstfachleute hinters Licht geführt hat. Diese Möchtegern Angeber der Kunstwissenschaft. Trotzdem muss ich sagen, dass mich seine Arbeiten nicht im geringsten überzeugen und ich möchte stark bezweifeln, dass er einen Rembrandt oder Leonardo immitieren könnte!.

[@edmannope7497]

Dat ending 🤣🤣...

[@kepler240]

13:20 The answer to this question is brutally honest.

[@timothywiley6334]

YES

[@kepler240]

4:17 I'm just surprised they knew who Bonnie and Clyde were.

[@paulspydar]

another example of why you should quit while you are ahead . lol

[@slappy8941]

Except that he's now famous in his own right, and his original works sell for huge sums.

[@mattiaberselli7698]

That’s Jeff from improv

[@IETCHX69]

This guy asks question a 10 year old would ask. Sounds like blahblahblah

[@dr.reidsheftalltruthinscie2007]

If the Pollack guy refuses to give his opinion on authenticity, what good is he? ridiculous...

[@TortugaLanguageProductions]

Wolfgang Beltracchi The fake Jaegers collection from Alfred Flechtheim ........backstory is amazing...!!! done by the late Bob Simon

[@maxschmidt1787]

How did he forged the paper and paints? ... I bet it was much different back in those days

[@lifewalk244]

He bought original canvas and frames from the time on flee markets and removed the old paint so the frames and canvas are orginal for the time

[@Beinhartwie1chopper]

Helene hat ein bischen Ähnlichkeit mit Gudrun Ensslin

[@cejka30]

I wonder if he changed his name by deed poll to the artist's name before he forged a particular painting would he be covered then coz technically he's not lying about the artist's name then! Just a thought.

[@SurenAghabekyan]

I think he was kidding when speaking about Bellini

[@alexc.c.4025]

Wolfgang is a masterpiece him self !!!! The art world is such a bullshit place, with Stupid Banksy art and the the ridiculous skulls of Damian hirst.

[@arsyadvilla9086]

Ya ya. Sure. I was too good. That's a problem. Lol.

[@JOSEPHCHARLESCOLIN2024]

Hi

[@otum337]

Ja ja

[@kevinjoseph517]

visual genius n sociopath.

[@NothingMaster]

When he says, ‘Yes, Yes’ he sounds like Peter Sellers’ Inspector Clouseau. 😂🤪🤪 By the way, more power to him for never having copied a famous painting, but created (albeit still criminally) new paintings in the name of the famous artists. His only mistake was not to sign his own name to the pieces; he would have made money (considerably less, of course, but then again he said it was never about the money, if we take his word for it) and wouldn’t have gotten into trouble. He had the talent to create a whole new school of art, call it in the traditions of the old masters, expanding on their genius and making great contributions to the arts. Instead he became enthralled by the intrigue of being able to fool people. Wasted Opportunity.

[@RMT192]

He's a genius impersonator but his own originals are so shit it's hard to believe.

[@sekainiheiwa3650]

i did wrong using titanium white LOL

[@ModSoFenGliScH]

English LOL

[@sekainiheiwa3650]

@@ModSoFenGliScH ​ shallowness lol... cavemen who think english is a globes mother language. Leave your mommy alone she is dead for 3 decades.

[@jamesgreene4811]

This bloke really is a work of Art but he is so full of himself I'm not surprised he got caught truth be known he is the real fake no wonder he got caught

[@alfonsoosoria3630]

Why didn’t he have the paint costume made ? Or made it him self .. u know why !? Because of overconfidence.. u are that good and use the wrong titanium white ?

[@harrw3168]

A forger is someone who copies an artwork and sells it as though the artist created it. This is not a forger, he is a very good artist who engaged deceitful practices, such as bribing art historians, or art appraisers to pass the paintings as lost art or something like that. He is not a forger, he is a con man, and a good one. Of course selling a painting and attributing it to a dead famous artist gets you much more bucks from the painting. Yet, why did he not considered himself a great artist in his own right, he could have made millions without his deceit.

[@josephtermeer5196]

Such talent that went evil. But, they can be rehabilitated. I only hope those who lost money, jobs, and reputation will be restored.

[@DavidMartins1]

"they can be rehabilitated" Yeah, 'cause they show a lot of remorse. LOL

[@chrishartz2397]

People that spend millions of dollars on “art” deserve to get screwed…

[@zekehooper]

there is a documentry and book about him. The documentry is pretty cool. Havent read the book yet. Another good documentry is< Who the F*** is Jackson Pollek".

[@brianrichards7006]

Wolfgang is an out and out criminal. He and his wife seem to still be living a luxurious life, despite their convictions. And the fact that they have no regrets is despicable. Apparently Germany is the best place to conduct fraud, as their rule of law is very lenient.

[@Io-Io-Io]

he's a very talented and accomplished artist, while you are only a jealous, narrow minded misanthrope.. that's all.

[@kingkongolorsconcreteclub606]

Unintelligent😂

[@ERomine]

Io Indeed. Furthermore, Brian Richards doesn’t have his facts straight. Beltracchi and his wife served their time. Their assets were liquidated and that money went to the “victims”.

[@ferrumequus88]

I would prefer call the couple a modern version of "Robin Hood" with paintbrush. Yes we Germans love to see the underdog win sometimes. There is nothing better than to fleece a rich guy or institution. Cheers

[@slappy8941]

How is he different from religious and political leaders who deceive people for their own profit? The only differences I see is that he created beauty, and never took from the poor.

[@seaotter1718]

His imitation is actually not so real ，if you are a keen art lover ，you can easily tell .