for some reason, art forgers gain respect, regardless of his motives, he has incredible talent, much respect

I have watched a few documentaries about forgers and I'm in awe of their talent and agree with them that they are doing something for which there's huge demand. The dishonest ones are the art galleries, the art dealers and the easily fooled wealthy eager to pay through the nose for a piece of historic art, inflating prices and creating this never ending circle of greed.

Forgers are such masters in exposing the utter ignorance of so-called art experts, I love them.

The man is a LEGEND .... I Salute You !!!

I would buy one of his forgeries with his signature added lol Would be cool to have such an interesting guys work.

Love Art forgers!.

Ken Perenyi had a level of sensitivity and for what it's worth, 'ethics' in his forgeries. For one, he'd choose artists that have been dead for over a hundred years and did not have an estate or family record; and two, he never capitalized on 'rising' or 'newly interested' artists for the sake of money alone. He wanted to pay respects to these long forgotten artists that he admired....and above all, selling the art was just a clever and enjoyable game to him. I love this guy!!!

I think I would rather have one of his forgeries than an original just because of his genius in mimicry.

the pleasure you felt admiring his art isnt fake after all

wow man that guy is super talented, those paintings are incredible

"Someone ends up with fool's gold on their walls." Yeah, someone with enough money to buy a half million dollar painting to just hang on their fucking wall. And that's if you give them the benefit of the doubt that they aren't just laundering money. It basically is a victimless crime.

I LOVE WHEN RICH SNOBS GET SCREWED....IT'S SO FITTING

Just how much does it cost for Rolex to make a watch they charge thousands for? Politicians, lawyers rip us off everyday, with his paintings only the ego rich feel hurt.

What an absolute Legend ;-)

I have to admit, when I saw this story for the first time all those years ago, I’ve always want one of his fakes.

I'd buy his art.. Thanks for confession and service.

You'd think after Hebborn was assassinated no one would think to be a forger or to boast about it.

How much is he selling his arts for ? they are beautiful, he is genuinely a master painter.

I read his book....not a bad tale....the truth is most auction houses know FA about Art......and they cover themselves in the small print of the contracts.....nothing is guaranteed.....

Well said folkman200, I couldnt agree more. If the art world is not supporting all the genuinely talented artists out there today, then tough for them if an amazing artist finds a way have them do so.

What an artist! I’d love to have a painting by him. Brilliant man. If any Art house wanted to stamp out fraud they would hire him ... but they don’t. Why? Could the answer possibly be they would loose money if the art houses cleaned up their act? Could it be that some art is vastly overpriced and when experts are unable to tell the difference between a piece just painted and an old master, the art houses would not want this widely known. I’d love to have a painting of his, alas I wouldn’t be able to afford it. Best wishes to him and stay safe everyone. ☘️🌝🌲

i would've loved a life like this. fuck the "art world". kudos, perenyi! shake their asses up a bit.

what a talent

this is amazing!

If you like it and can afford it--buy it! Forget playing art like the stock market. THAT is where the problems arise.

i believe that if artist had a better living there would be less forgery.

This is damn amazing!

This man is a legend!!!

I think art forgers appreciates paintings an art more than those who buy only because it's a famous painting and they're rich. I don't really care if it's a forgery because original artists are usually dead and they can't loose their money. Forgers spent their time to really paint, to create and it's an art itself.

I have been a painter for 50 years and i am seriously considering painting fakes.

That’s an incredible talent

And let it be a punishment to all that call themselves experts LOL 👍👍

This man is amazing.

Es un meticuloso artesano de la falsificación. Y un pintor extraordinario.

The guy has more talent than any of the experts

Every true artist has his/her own style. The reason artists copy famous works in museums is to learn from them. Not to learn how to copy them not to try to sell them as originals. Truly talented beautiful work is obvious when one looks at it - it doesn't copy anyone else. Most forgers try to copy an artist's style and pass their paintings off as a newly discovered work.

Next to Tramp these guys are SAINTS!!.....they play w/the greed of the Trampanzees!!

he chose 19th century american paintings and he painted them amazingly well, art collectors expect probably auction houses to sell originals but they also sell fakes, and his books title is correct caveat emptor, buyer beware. If you buy a famous work, it should have provenance and also be chemically tested or dont buy it.

It actually is a Victimless crime..... anybody stupid enough not to get more than one specialist to examine before the sale deserves to be stupid....

You wonder if a famous artist ever forged something earlier in their life before becoming famous... like a fake da vinchi painted by Monet out there somewhere 😂

Martin Johnson Heade is one of my favourite artists. You’d really have to have a sizable ego to take on such work.

He's a genius, the woman is jealous because she can't paint.

So, how much for one of his originals?

Good for him. Very talented.

I've read the book. The discription of the narrative is extremely detail like his paintings.

'Fools gold' ? I would take some any day. Art is art and people with too much money deserve what they get. Auction houses are notorious for their dark dealings, just read the catalogue disclamers. 'Experts' that cannot detect a 'forgery' are not experts. Ken 'imitated' the style of these painters he didn't directly copy them for the most part. I'm with Ken on this.

this guy is a better artist than the original masters :)

This dude rules

A guy who snatches someone's purse goes to jail for a year or more. A guy who steals millions through forgery gets away free, without remorse, and other people make a hero out of him. Unfathomable.

I read his book. What a roller coaster ride!

Selling fake art is like selling a car that can’t drive. Art forgery is a serious crime

i like this guy, great artist

if you just print it will it look fake?

its actually pretty cool to think about fakes being out in the wild in a way. Art's value is half about story and history. What's greater than beautiful art that's tricked its way into collections and exhibits, hiding in plain sight for potentially hundreds of years? It's like seeing a pack of animals and then someone telling you, some of them aren't actually the animal you think it is. Very cool, and I think that's worth something in its own right, both in value and to the art world.

He's very good at this

This guy is absolutely hilarious!

Great guy!!!

What a clever man!

Genius!

Painting by numbers ..... big numbers :)

i once copied a famous painting but later felt bad about it and never did that again. friends loved it though

I agree wholeheartedly. “art collectors/experts” are not really interested in the art work itself, but rather the signature; it’s the forged name of the artist that makes the “big-wigs” of the art world so disgruntled by the forger. Oh well.

he said everything .. lot of practice!

brilliant painter..

Real interesting.

Brilliant I want the book where can I get it

I'm sorry, but the original Buttersworth is obviously superior, in my lay opinion - it just looks a lot smoother (and still alot better than I could do lol)

Thought Ken was pretty tall and then the interviewer stands next to him, is he a giant?? 1:33

8:10, Mwahahahahaaaa!

the real art here is the fact he makes fools of "experts" ..but why should he not? these people sell garbage doodles they call "abstract" for millions.. while real talented painters go broke

This guy may be guilty of forgery, but auction houses may be guilty of stupidity. >>>>>>>>>>checkout "Mystery of a Masterpiece" it's a good example of how the big auction houses like to present themselves as experts, when all they're interested in is moving money. Watch it

what a good vid

At 2:35 awesome Willys Jeep!!!

The only reason these old paintings are worth anything at all is because rich people have made a game out of impressing each other with their holdings. Frankly, I wouldnt give fifty bucks for any one of them.

Love the comments one and all. Most of the masters like turner are just appalling artist with no idea of perspective but people with money are easy to convince they're better than others and are just more refined in there taste. That's why it's great when they get ripped off and the auction house's support it.

Lol, she even said foolsgold, meaning the person buying fake gold is the fool...

It’s not the owners or ‘experts’, it’s the disrespect to the dead artists.

What I don't get is how they (the experts, auction houses etc.) can imagine that the same bumbling guy happens to keep turning up with another hitherto undiscovered painting by a famous historical artist. You'd think that would be a bit of a give away. I suppose they must be in on it, to a certain extent, after being fooled the first time. They can't admit that the first painting they authenticated was a forgery without embarrassing themselves, so they have to authenticate all the others.

A genius laughing at the experts

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Gotta love him. There are a lot of people who have egg on their face.

There are only two kinds of people in this world - those who do and those who profit from the efforts of others. Like most artists I have no sympathy with art dealers and greedy ignorant collectors only interested in money. A good painting is a good painting no matter who made it. And if the so called experts cannot tell the difference between a two or three hundred year old work and a recent one they are stupid. Picasso was in the habit of signing paintings of his friends who needed money - and why not? Life is different at the business side of the easel.

Guy's a boss!

if anything he's created more value for originals

Someones got an Ego. Lol

8:38 Fool's Gold - perfect definition of "art."

So, he was passionate about painting. He failed with his paintings: nobody appreciated its canvases. Therefore he started copying the appreciated painters: addictive, as he says; and also a feeling of revenge on the market makers. 'if they say my art is not worth much, then let them pay for my ability making fakes'. This must have crossed his mind.

The more coveted the item, the more valuable the item is the more likely the item will become a victim of forgery. It is speculated that upwards of 65 % of all hogh end /Blue Chip Art in the Art marketplace is Fake, Forged, Misrepresented Etc... but this is much like many other commodities Etc... in the marketplace. Chances are most people at one point or another will be fooled by such. Anywhere from Food, Clothing, Art, Real Estate, Shoes, Jewelry, Money Electronics, People Etc... and as technology increases so will the deceptions.

He’s still making and selling fakes... and talking about it? Brilliant.

If I where a collector, I would collect paintings from current artists. That is how you stop forgers like this guy from becoming forgers in the first place. The art world has to stop living with past masters, and start making new ones.

Is he single? Masters have copied one another forever.

So much crime is laundered with art so everyones a criminal at some point.

I'm sorry, but talent is talent. How is this guy's art "dark"? Forgers make us think about the value of things and why they are considered great or not.

Can't do it like that anymore. Dating using sensitive equipment

You can find KZfaq videos like Ken Perenyi and many others such as Max Brandrett, Eric Hebborn, Mark Landis, David Stine, Mauro Morani, Tony Tetro, Shaun Greenhalgh, Elmyer de Hory, Han Van Meegeren, John Myatt, John Drewe, Tom Keating, Wolfgang Beltracchi, Yves Chaudron, Giovanni Bastianini, Ken Perenyi, Shaun Greenhalgh, Shawn Greenhouse, David Henty, Billy "The Brush" Mumford. All Fascinatingly disgusting art forgers and appalling I can't stop watching their brilliant's of deception and craft.

Does he add a fake signature?

Bankrobbery? Greedy people taking over the work of artists who where treatet like cheapest labour. Like beggars! Artists who were giving their lifes for art, enlightenment and ethics! They where left to starve. Bankers bought them out - cheap. And make millions on them. WHO ROBB'S WHOM ?! Arrogant lady ! She has it coming 😂 - yaay - sell it to her! In the name of us artists : Thank you ! I salute you.

I don’t know why no-one stopped Elon Musk when he stole Tesla’s name, what is wrong with painting a masterpiece under someone who died centuries ago.

If you like that this check out Eric Hebbron.

Bravo Ken. The notion of original art is so pretentious. If authentic art needs to be assessed by experts with huge subjective art-appreciation experience as well as forensic art experts and highly-technical laboratory analysis - would not a very good approximation or forgery be as good as the original? (If not better in some cases?). Because human art understanding and appreciation is not dependent on whether the article is original or not. Understanding and appreciation of works of visual art are functions of the neurology of the vision being interpreted and thus independent of the ‘authenticity’ of the work. To ascribe importance to the provenance of a work is to liken it to a religious relic. We do not appraise Mahler’s music by possessing the original manuscript - we listen to the music. We need more iconoclasts like Ken.

I copy to but I don't sell them his way