1999-07-23 09:00:00+02 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Via Lemon Yellow, a fascinating tale of forgery in the modern art world. And you know, I kind of have trouble feeling sorry for the victims. They were buying a name, not beauty, leaching off the dead rather than supporting the living:
Modern art, in particular, seems especially vulnerable to fraud. Its abstractions are sometimes difficult to understand or grasp, and a modern painting is often loved less because of its intrinsic quality -- its beauty, as conventionally understood -- than because of the identity of the painter, its mark of social status.