The collector and art critic Carlo Pepi, expert from Modigliani and famous for having unmasked the famous Burla of 1984, with the fake sculptures thrown in the ditches of Livorno and deemed authentic by many critics, died at 88 years of age. The family gives the family specifying that “the farewell function will be held on Monday at 10 in the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Crespina (Pisa)”.
“Critic and collector, a great art enthusiast of art – the family members of Pepi write in a note – he was founder of the birthplace of Amedeo Modigliani, director of the section of contrast to the fakes of ‘Art Watch International’, who dedicated his life to the defense of the most authentic sense of art”. He had transformed his home into a museum where he collected thousands of works by various artists.