Meet the Art SWAT Team That Keeps Fakes Out of Europe’s Fanciest Art Fair
A member of the vetting committee at work at TEFAF Maastricht 2019. Photo by Loraine Bodewes courtesy of TEFAF Maastricht. Two days before the
A member of the vetting committee at work at TEFAF Maastricht 2019. Photo by Loraine Bodewes courtesy of TEFAF Maastricht. Two days before the
So, what was for sale, you may ask? Why, objects to hang, install, suspend, wear, sit on, and eat off, of course. Staring
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Femme nue couchée (Gabrielle), 1903, sold by Dickinson at TEFAF. COURTESY DICKINSON A cascading wall of succulents and roses inspired by
Art Julia Fiore The European Fine Art Fair, better known as TEFAF, anchors the social calendar for any serious collector of antiquity, Old
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Femme nue couchée (Gabrielle), 1903, sold by Dickinson at TEFAF. COURTESY DICKINSON A cascading wall of succulents and roses inspired by
Symbolic and Chase, Cartier Coral Panther ear-clips As well as these new institutions taking their place on the floor, the fair’s organizers will
Nicole Myers The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) has named Dr. Nicole R. Myers the new Barbara Thomas Lemmon Senior Curator of European
Guillaume Kientz The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth has announced the appointment of Guillaume Kientz as its new curator of European Art. He
Exterior Panorama, Metropolitan Museum of Art (photo by Michael Gray, via Michael Gray’s Flickrstream) Our encyclopedic museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The process of art attribution has recently come under attack from all sides. Forgery scandals seem to be rampant. Just months after a