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"Art forgery is a devilish attempt to deceive its audience.
Experts’ negative reaction to Kirsha Kaechele’s admission she forged the three
Picasso paintings that hung in the Ladies Lounge at Tasmania’s Museum of Old
and New Art (MONA) is therefore no surprise.
As reported in
Guardian Australia, experts such as Nine’s art critic John
McDonald and
Inside the Art Market’s Christopher Heathcote have dismissed
Kaechele’s works as a “childish” prank, and highlighted the harm they imagine
the fakes will inflict on the museum.
McDonald believes MONA has damaged its own reputation for integrity, and
visitors to the museum will feel cheated by the fakes.
Heathcote thinks the forgeries will negatively impact Tasmania’s tourism
industry. “You don’t travel from overseas or interstate only to be shown fake
Picassos,” he says.
Except people do – and will – travel to see forged works of art, because the
public loves the art forger, and is fascinated by their illicit practice."
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
