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Fake It Like You Mean It: Art Fraud From Vietnam to Germany
Slated to be a grand exhibition to bolster the Vietnamese contemporary art scene, the Paintings Returned from Europe exhibition at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Museum has crashed and burned in a fire of forgery. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but this poor collector just got his treasure turned to trash. This episode is most definitely embarrassing for the Vietnamese art community, which is highly talented and working hard to establish itself. And while frauds are always fascinating, this slapstick, ragtag, haphazard job is so bad it’s fabulous. The July exhibition was a private collection from Vũ Xuân Chung and supposedly held works from contemporary artists…
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Del valor y el precio
Las recientes subastas multimillonarias que han coronado a los nuevos reyes de los bestsellers del arte me dejan indignado y hastiado. Por qué, me pregunto, le doy importancia a lo que no son más que fuegos de artificio que tienen un barniz no de cultura sino de salón del automóvil de lujo. Sólo faltan las azafatas ligeras de ropa a las que los pervertidos preguntan si vienen de regalo con el Ferrari. Todo se andará… Una buena amiga, amante del arte como yo, dice que los medios de comunicación ni siquiera deberían publicar esas noticias, o al menos no darles tanta importancia. ¿Qué leemos cuando un periódico dedica una noticia…
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