The Human Side of Art Forgery geist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from geist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery grapples with how the museum ended up with ten fake works previously attributed to J.E.H. MacDonald, a member of the famous Group of Seven
Over this Christmas past, I had the pleasure of reading a book, written by Canadian art historian Jon S. Dellandrea, titled “The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case.” Due to my background in conservation and later as a curator, I had my own brush (pun intended) with fakes and forgeries, and will have something to say about that later. Dellandrea’s narrative is a fascinating one, and a warning for those who want to collect art.
New book revisits 1960s art fraud that stained Canada's art scene with forgeries cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.