After the recent 1.2.0 update available on Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it will make a return Volpolo, a character that many will remember for his sale of works of art, especially paintings. Unfortunately, most of its merchandise is counterfeit, for this you will need a little help to be able to distinguish the fakes from the original copies!
You can also take a look at our guide on how to play for more information on the title.
- How to unlock the art gallery
- Where to buy the works of art
- List of paintings and how to recognize fakes
- List of statues and how to recognize fakes
- Other methods of having works of art
Let's unlock the art gallery
Before thinking about which works to buy and which not, you will need to expand the Museum appropriately.
Without a new section that can accommodate them, in fact, it will not even be possible to buy them. It goes without saying that Blatero will reject fakes, which you can use to decorate your home.
First you must have donated at least 60 between insects, fish and fossils, a fairly easy requirement even for those who have played for a few weeks in a row. However, it doesn't make much sense to open an art gallery without any pieces to exhibit.
To learn more:
Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Guide to insects and where to catch them
After Blatero offers you this expansion, wait for the following day where Fuffi will warn you that a suspicious character has been spotted on the island.
So search the whole island for Volpolo and talk to him, obviously rejecting his scam, since he will ask you no less than 498.000 Stars for a painting!
Fortunately, in subsequent dialogues he will only ask you 4980 Bells, a paltry price. Donate this painting to Blatero and wait for a full day of renovation.
Where can I buy other works?
To learn more:
Guide to fish and how to catch them - Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Volpolo's appearance is purely coincidental, but it was recently discovered that he follows a certain criterion. Some characters, including Volpolo, may appear in rotation and only once a week, if you are lucky enough to catch him that week!
Unfortunately it is not possible to manipulate this factor, you will have to arm yourself with patience and keep playing, after all this is the spirit of Animal Crossing! In any case, you can still visit other players' islands to buy from Volpolo anyway.
To buy other works of art you will first have to be lucky enough to find the merchant on your island and then go north of it, where you will find a docked boat.
If you can't enter, look for Volpolo, talk to him and you can get back on the boat to access the market. Obviously many works inside it will be counterfeit and will be of no use at all.
List of paintings and differences with the originals
Below is a table with information on fake works, so you just need to see if the works on display will have the features listed to understand whether to buy them or not!
Not counterfeit paintings
There are also some paintings that will always be original. Below is the complete list of names, since you won't need to know more:
- Dazzling picture (The Valiant Téméraire - William Turner)
- Aquatic painting (Ophelia - John Everett Millais)
- Antique painting (The piper - Édouard Manet)
- Austere painting (The Folies-Bergère bar - Édouard Manet)
- Classic painting (Maja vestida - Francisco Goya)
- Flowery picture (Sunflowers - Vincent van Gogh)
- Marine picture (Thirty-six views of Mount Fuji - Katsushika Hokusai)
- Mysterious painting (Isle of the Dead - Arnold Böcklin)
- Perfect picture (Still life with apples and oranges - Paul Cézanne)
- Mighty painting (The sower - Jean-François Millet)
- Poor painting (The gleaners - Jean-François Millet)
- Restful painting (A Sunday afternoon on the island of La Grande Jatte - Georges Seurat)
- Sparkling painting (Starry Night - Vincent Van Gogh)
List of statues and differences with the originals
Volpolo will also sell statues, not just paintings. Also this time use the appropriate table to understand if they will be false or not:
Not counterfeit statues
These two statues are always original.
- Pensive Statue (The Thinker - Auguste Rodin)
- Triumphant statue (Kamehameha I - Thomas Ridgeway Gould)
Other methods of obtaining works of art
Technically, as well as visiting your friends' islands there aren't many ways to find works of art, even if there would be one. Sometimes, in fact, the inhabitants of your island may give you some rare pieces, but it is purely coincidental and is not a reliable method to complete the gallery.
We also remember that sometimes Volpolo can sell even only fake pieces, so you might be disappointed!
