VOX POPULI: Trying to place a value on an art forgery that itself is a masterpiece
What, exactly, is the “value” of a work of art? I have been asking myself this question since I read an Asahi Shimbun story ...
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Did Michelangelo Pull Off Art History’s Greatest Hoax With ‘Laocoön’?
The Vatican Museums' Laocoön and His Sons is long considered an exemplar of Hellenistic artistry—but what if it was actually ...
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Art and Design
The Museum of Modern Art in New York is promoting Christophe Cherix, the chief curator of its drawings and prints department. It will be his first time leading an institution. The president ...
Del Mar Community Connections to host launch event for local author’s art forgery thriller novel
Sheila Sharpe, debut crime novelist and former Del Mar Community Connections (DMCC) board member, will discuss her art ...
The Art Newspaper7d
Canadian gallery sues Norval Morrisseau’s estate for breach of contract and defamation, seeking $1m
later dubbing the case “the biggest art fraud in world history”. In 2023, they seized more than 1,000 forgeries and arrested eight people, including a relative of Morrisseau’s, who had been ...