180515 – Forgery – V&A London > words
One of the most engaging presenters I have seen at the various lectures attended at the V&A has to be Noah Charney, an art crime expert. Short stories, linked through a series of videos about various forms of Forgery and Forgers, but not all of them in the art world, were described in a manner reminiscent of a storyteller reading to a child who has the experience to make characters come to life. The perfect introduction to promoting his new book The Art of Forgery published by Phaidon. A book on which I had Noah forge his own signature.
Images left to right. 1 Noah Charney, and six art forgeries. 2 John Myatt / Vermeer, 3 Elmyr de Hory / Modogliani, 4 Shaun Greenhaigh / Lowry, 5 John Myatt / Giacometti, 6 John Myatt / Ben Nicholson. 7 Wolfgang Beltracchi / Campendonk