For
its major spring/summer exhibition, the Bruce Museum explores a
subject that is exceptionally topical in today’s art world. Fakes
and Forgeries: The Art of Deception presents 60 examples
of Western paintings, works on paper, sculpture and decorative arts
that have been recognized as imposters, including examples of the rarest
and most famous deceptive works. Themes of connoisseurship, authentication,
and conservation, as well as the evolving scholarship of stylistic development
will be examined in an exhibition organized by and exclusively on view
at the Bruce Museum.
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