Canadian Scientists Solve Nation's Largest Art Fraud Case

How scientists helped crack Canada's biggest art fraud case

The Canadian Conservation Institute, a little known federal government organization, played a key role in helping police investigate the biggest art fraud in the country's history. Here's how the institute used technology to help determine whether paintings purporting to be from late Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau were real or fake. (Aug. 21, 2026)

By Tara Deschamps