Inside the biggest art fraud in US history – podcast

Inside the biggest art fraud in US history – podcast

Orlando Whitfield, the author of All That Glitters, on his years of friendship with the art fraudster Inigo Philbrick

Orlando Whitfield, the author of All That Glitters, tells Michael Safi about his former friendship with Inigo Philbrick, who was sentenced to seven years in 2022 for wire fraud and ordered to forfeit $86m (£68m).

As students at Goldsmiths University in London, Whitfield and Philbrick decided to start dealing in art together. They sold their first piece for €15,000 (£12,600).

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