The Rundown Robotics: … detecting million dollar art fakes

Posted on September 18, 2025 by michelleclarke2015
 Robots detect million-dollar art fakes
Image source: Robertson, Carmen, Art Canada Institute, Wikimedia Commons
The Rundown: AI and robots are now fighting back against the tidal wave of artist Norval Morrisseau forgeries — over 6K fakes have flooded the market, costing collectors millions in what authorities call the largest art fraud in Canadian history.
The details:
The Morrisseau Estate partnered with Montreal’s Acrylic Robotics to use AI and robotics to not only detect fakes but also produce authorized high-fi replicas.Acrylic Robotics’ AI and robotic arms capture brushstroke pressure and pigment composition to perfectly recreate the style of Morrisseau’s work.The estate also employs Norval AI, a custom-trained algorithm capable of analyzing art and assigning authenticity probability scores.Acrylic Robotics is producing limited editions of five Morrisseau works, ranging from around $2K to $32K, with special ID markings as authorized replicas.
Why it matters: Morrisseau’s million-dollar Indigenous artworks have been buried under a tsunami of fakes, making him one of history’s most counterfeited artists. Norval AI is one of just two forensic-grade authentication systems on Earth, potentially ending decades of fraud that have hurt collectors and undermined his artistic legacy.
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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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