Thursday, April 17, 2014

Fake Art Worth Real Money

"It's a fake, yes, but a very important fake. Just because it's a fake doesn't mean it's not valuable, socially and culturally," explains the curator of a new exhibit of prized counterfeit artworks, which this CBS Evening News segment from last night highlights raises intriguing questions about, "what is art?"

(I also thought that the distinction between 'fake" and 'forgery' in this context was interesting.)

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