Jolly Redd, the sly fox, is back in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and with him, he brings a boatload of furniture and, more importantly, art. For art enthusiasts and museum completionists alike, Redd’s visits are a crucial opportunity to expand your collection. However, beware! Not all art is created equal, and Redd is notorious for peddling forgeries alongside genuine masterpieces.
On his boat, Redd displays four art pieces, in addition to furniture. Only one piece of art can be purchased per visit, so choosing wisely is paramount. Compounding the challenge, it’s entirely possible for all four pieces to be fakes. Conversely, you might strike gold and find multiple genuine artworks in his inventory. With 43 art pieces to collect and donate to the museum, understanding how to discern real from fake is essential.
Once you make a purchase from Redd, your chosen artwork will be mailed to you the following day, adding to the anticipation (and slight anxiety!) of whether you’ve acquired a true masterpiece or a clever imitation.
Complete List of Paintings
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Complete List of Statues
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Finding Redd and Unlocking the Art Gallery
Before Redd graces your island with his presence, you’ll need to lay the groundwork by engaging with Blathers, the museum curator. After you’ve donated at least 60 items (fish, bugs, or fossils) to the museum, Blathers will mention the prospect of adding an art exhibit. This pivotal conversation unlocks Redd’s arrival.
The day following Blathers’ art musings, Isabelle will announce the arrival of a “shady art dealer” during her morning broadcast, signaling Redd’s first visit to your island. You can then find Redd roaming your island, ready to make a deal.
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Alt text: Jolly Redd, the fox art dealer, attempts to sell fake art to an Animal Crossing villager.
Upon your initial encounter, Redd will attempt to sell you a painting for an exorbitant 498,000 Bells. Politely decline this outrageous offer, and he’ll generously “discount” it to a much more reasonable 4,980 Bells. This first piece of art is guaranteed to be genuine, serving as your entry ticket to the world of ACNH art collecting.
Donate this inaugural artwork to Blathers. He will then announce plans to open an art exhibit, closing the museum for renovations the next day. Two days later, the upgraded museum with its art gallery will open, and Redd will begin to appear on your island on random days, bringing his boat filled with artistic wares.
Redd’s ship moors at the secret beach located at the north of your island. This secluded beach, tucked away at the back of your island, often requires a ladder to access if you haven’t terraformed the area.
Redd’s visits are not on a fixed schedule; his boat appears randomly, similar to other traveling merchants like Kicks and Flick. It’s worth noting that there might be prerequisites beyond the museum donation count for Redd to appear regularly, such as having upgraded Resident Services from a tent to a building.
For a more reliable way to access Redd, you can invite him to set up shop at Harv’s Island Plaza for 100,000 Bells. When present at Harv’s Island, Redd will have two art pieces available, and as always, both could be real or fake. Regardless of location, the one-artwork-per-day purchase limit remains. Stock at Harv’s Island refreshes weekly on Mondays if you don’t buy anything, or the day after a purchase is made.
What to Do With Real and Fake Art
Genuine art pieces serve two primary purposes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Firstly, they can be donated to Blathers at the Museum to enrich the art gallery exhibit. Donating all genuine artworks is key to completing this wing of the museum. Secondly, real or fake art can be used as decorative items. Paintings can adorn the walls of your home, while statues can be placed both indoors and outdoors to enhance your island’s aesthetic.
Fake artworks, however, cannot be donated to the museum. Timmy and Tommy at Nook’s Cranny will also refuse to purchase forgeries. If you regret buying a fake, you’ll need to dispose of it using a trash can furniture item. Alternatively, embrace the deception and display your fake art to playfully mislead your visitors! Some fake artworks also have unique interactive elements at night, adding a quirky appeal despite their lack of authenticity.
Spotting the Difference: Real vs. Fake ACNH Art
All of Redd’s artworks are inspired by real-world paintings and sculptures, adding an educational layer to art collecting in Animal Crossing. However, Redd’s forgeries are remarkably similar to the genuine articles, requiring a keen eye to spot the subtle differences. The methods for identifying fakes are different from Animal Crossing: New Leaf and often more challenging to discern.
To aid your art-buying endeavors, we’ve compiled a comprehensive guide detailing the telltale signs of fake artworks. Study these differences carefully before making a purchase from Redd to ensure your Bells are spent wisely and your museum collection flourishes. Remember to always carefully inspect each artwork before you buy, as multiple fake versions of the same piece can exist!
Serene Painting (Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci)
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Alt text: Side-by-side comparison of the real and fake Serene Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons. The fake painting depicts the lady holding an ermine with raccoon-like eye markings.
Real: The woman holds an ermine that is completely white.
Fake: The ermine has dark, raccoon-like circles around its eyes.
Warm Painting (The Clothed Maja by Francisco de Goya)
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Alt text: Image confirming the Warm Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always genuine and cannot be fake.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Wistful Painting (Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer)
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Alt text: Visual comparison highlighting the difference in earrings between the real and fake Wistful Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
Real: The girl wears a pearl earring.
Fake 1: The earring is star-shaped.
Fake 2: The girl’s eyes are closed, and she has a star-shaped earring.
Academic Painting (Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Academic Painting comparison in ACNH, emphasizing the coffee stain present on the forgery.
Real: No visible markings.
Fake: Has a noticeable coffee stain in the top right corner.
Graceful Painting (Beauty Looking Back by Hishikawa Moronobu)
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Alt text: Side-by-side comparison of the real and fake Graceful Painting in Animal Crossing, highlighting size and tag differences.
Real: Features a white tag near the woman’s hair.
Fake 1: Lacks the white tag and the woman appears larger in the frame.
Fake 2: The woman is facing left instead of right.
Calm Painting (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat)
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Alt text: Image confirming that the Calm Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always authentic.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Flowery Painting (Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh)
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Alt text: Confirmation image stating the Flowery Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is never forged.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Jolly Painting (Summer by Giuseppe Arcimboldo)
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Alt text: Real and fake Jolly Painting comparison in ACNH, focusing on the missing flower on the fake version’s chest.
Real: Depicts a sprout or flower on the subject’s chest.
Fake: Missing the flower/sprout on the chest.
Moody Painting (The Sower by Jean-François Millet)
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Alt text: Image confirming that the Moody Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always authentic.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Famous Painting (The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci)
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Alt text: Side-by-side comparison of real and fake Famous Painting in ACNH, with eyebrows as the distinguishing feature of the fake.
Real: The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
Fake: The Mona Lisa is depicted with prominent eyebrows.
Scary Painting (Ōtani Oniji the 3rd as Yakko Edobei by Tōshūsai Sharaku)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Scary Painting in Animal Crossing, focusing on eyebrow and mouth expressions to differentiate.
Real: Angry expression with upward-angled eyebrows.
Fake 1: Sad-looking, downward-angled eyebrows.
Fake 2: Smiling expression, but eyebrows are still sad-looking.
Dynamic Painting (Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai)
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Alt text: Confirmation image stating the Dynamic Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always authentic.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Scenic Painting (The Hunters in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder)
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Alt text: Real and fake Scenic Painting comparison in ACNH, highlighting the missing hunter and dogs in the fake version.
Real: Features hunters and dogs in the foreground.
Fake: Missing the hunter and dogs in the foreground.
Moving Painting (The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Moving Painting in ACNH, focusing on the presence of trees in the top right corner of the real artwork.
Real: Includes trees in the top-right corner.
Fake: Lacks trees in the top-right corner.
Amazing Painting (The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Amazing Painting comparison in ACNH, noting the missing hat on the frontmost figure in the forgery.
Real: The man in the front wears a hat.
Fake: The man in the front is missing his hat.
Quaint Painting (The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Quaint Painting in ACNH, highlighting the excessive milk pouring in the fake version.
Real: The milkmaid pours a modest stream of milk.
Fake: The milkmaid pours an exaggerated amount of milk.
Solemn Painting (Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez)
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Alt text: Real and fake Solemn Painting comparison in ACNH, pointing out the raised arm of the man in the background of the fake.
Real: The man in the background has his arm lowered.
Fake: The man in the background has his arm raised higher.
Basic Painting (The Blue Boy by Thomas Gainsborough)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Basic Painting in ACNH, showing the fake version with more voluminous hair on the boy.
Real: The boy’s hair is neatly styled.
Fake: The boy is depicted with significantly more hair.
Worthy Painting (Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix)
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Alt text: Confirmation image stating the Worthy Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always genuine.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Glowing Painting (The Fighting Temeraire by Joseph Mallord William Turner)
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Alt text: Confirmation image that the Glowing Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is never a forgery.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Common Painting (The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet)
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Alt text: Image confirming that the Common Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always authentic.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Sinking Painting (Ophelia by John Everett Millais)
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Alt text: Image stating that the Sinking Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always genuine.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Nice Painting (The Fifer by Édouard Manet)
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Alt text: Confirmation image that the Nice Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is never fake.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Proper Painting (A Bar at the Folies-Bergère by Édouard Manet)
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Alt text: Image confirming that the Proper Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always authentic.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Mysterious Painting (Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin)
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Alt text: Confirmation image stating the Mysterious Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always genuine.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Twinkling Painting (The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh)
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Alt text: Image confirming that the Twinkling Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is never forged.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Perfect Painting (Apples and Oranges by Paul Cézanne)
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Alt text: Confirmation image stating the Perfect Painting in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always authentic.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Wild Painting Left Half (Folding Screen of Fūjin and Raijin by Tawaraya Sōtatsu)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Wild Painting Left Half comparison in ACNH, highlighting the color difference of the beast – white in real, green in fake.
Real: The beast depicted is white.
Fake: The beast is colored green.
Wild Painting Right Half (Folding Screen of Fūjin and Raijin by Tawaraya Sōtatsu)
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Alt text: Side-by-side comparison of real and fake Wild Painting Right Half in ACNH, showing the color difference of the beast.
Real: The beast is green.
Fake: The beast is white.
Detailed Painting (Ajisai Sōkeizu by Itō Jakuchū)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Detailed Painting in ACNH, focusing on foliage color and signature absence in the forgery.
Real: Features blue foliage and a signature on the left.
Fake: Foliage is purple instead of blue and lacks the signature.
Warrior Statue (Terracotta Warrior by Unknown)
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Alt text: Real and fake Warrior Statue comparison in ACNH, highlighting the shovel held by the fake version.
Real: The warrior statue holds nothing in its hands.
Fake: The warrior statue is holding a shovel.
Motherly Statue (Captoline Wolf by Unknown)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Motherly Statue in ACNH, noting the tongue sticking out in the fake version.
Real: The wolf’s mouth is closed, no tongue visible.
Fake: The wolf has its tongue sticking out.
Beautiful Statue (Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Beautiful Statue comparison in ACNH, focusing on the necklace worn by the fake statue.
Real: The statue is bare-necked.
Fake: The statue is wearing a necklace.
Robust Statue (Discobolus by unknown)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Robust Statue in ACNH, pointing out the watch worn on the fake statue’s raised arm.
Real: The statue has bare arms.
Fake: The statue is wearing a watch on its raised arm.
Gallant Statue (David by Michelangelo)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Gallant Statue comparison in ACNH, noting the book held under the fake statue’s arm.
Real: The statue is empty-handed.
Fake: The statue is holding a book under its arm.
Informative Statue (Rosetta Stone by Unknown)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Informative Statue in ACNH, showing the color difference – black for real, blue for fake.
Real: The Rosetta Stone is black.
Fake: The Rosetta Stone is blue.
Ancient Statue (Jōmon Period “Dogū” Figurine Shakōki-dogū by Unknown)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Ancient Statue comparison in ACNH, highlighting the antennas and glowing eyes of the fake version.
Real: The statue has no antennas and no glowing eyes.
Fake 1: Features two antennas on the sides of its head.
Fake 2: Has blue glowing eyes.
Tremendous Statue (Houmuwu Ding by Unknown)
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Alt text: Comparison of fake and real Tremendous Statue in ACNH, noting the lid present on the fake statue.
Real: The ding is open at the top, without a lid.
Fake: The ding has a distinct lid on top.
Mystic Statue (Bust of Nefertiti by Thutmose)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Mystic Statue comparison in ACNH, highlighting the earring on the fake statue’s right ear.
Real: The bust has no earring.
Fake: The bust has an earring on its right ear (viewer’s left).
Rock-head Statue (Olmec Colossal Head by Unknown)
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Alt text: Comparison of real and fake Rock-head Statue in ACNH, focusing on the smiling expression of the fake statue.
Real: The statue has a neutral, stern expression.
Fake: The statue is smiling.
Valiant Statue (Nike of Samothrace by Unknown)
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Alt text: Real versus fake Valiant Statue comparison in ACNH, noting the forward leg position – right leg forward in real, left leg in fake.
Real: Nike’s right leg is positioned forward.
Fake: Nike’s left leg is positioned forward.
Familiar Statue (The Thinker by Auguste Rodin)
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Alt text: Image confirming that the Familiar Statue in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always genuine.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
Great Statue (King Kamehameha I by Thomas Ridgeway Gould)
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Alt text: Confirmation image stating the Great Statue in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is always authentic.
Real: Always genuine.
Fake: Does not exist.
With this guide in hand, you’re now equipped to navigate Redd’s art collection with confidence. Happy art hunting, and may your museum be filled with genuine masterpieces!
