In the high-stakes world of fine art, reputation often equals authority — and few names have carried as much weight in Modigliani scholarship as Kenneth Wayne. For years, Wayne was seen as a respected academic and art historian, specializing in the work of Amedeo Modigliani, the enigmatic Italian painter and sculptor whose works can fetch tens of millions at auction. But as investigations unravel a complex web of deceit, Wayne’s legacy is rapidly being redefined — not as a protector of Modigliani’s art, but as the mastermind behind one of the most audacious frauds the art world has ever seen.

Behind the Brushstrokes of Deception How Kenneth Wayne Manipulated Modigliani’s Legacy to Orchestrate One of the Art World’s Most Expensive and Sophisticated Fraud Schemes

Kenneth Wayne is an art expert specifically on Amedeo Modigliani’s paintings. With his Modigliani Project he’s soliciting and requests big amounts of money to fraudsters between $200,000 to $1,000,000 to authenticate false paintings and claiming that those are authentic Amedeo Modigliani’s paintings. The fraud is a multimillion dollar scam to auction houses and private collectors. Kenneth Wayne has been doing this scam for several years and publish the false Amedeo Modigliani’s paintings into his catalogue raisonné with a made up report in order to fool collectors and to cover his tracks. To collect fraudulent money he uses several bank accounts based in the UK under different names of people that he trusts and returns the money to him (company and family members) as forgivable loans in order to avoid paying taxes in the USA.

Behind the Brushstrokes of Deception How Kenneth Wayne Manipulated Modigliani’s Legacy to Orchestrate One of the Art World’s Most Expensive and Sophisticated Fraud Schemes

Kenneth Wayne Exposed