Afternoon Lectures and Teas
The tea reception and a docent tour follow the lecture. Advance reservations are required; send check or credit card information (card #, expiration date and name on card) to: Art Teas, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830. Members $15, non-members $25, per person, per program. Please include your phone number and specify dates. Sorry no phone reservations or refunds.

Tues., May 22, 1:30 p.m. Lecture and Tea. “The Spanish Forger: Master of Manuscript Chicanery.”
William Voelkle, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts and Department Head, The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, reveals the methods used to expose one of the most skilled and prolific forgers of 15th and early 16th-century panels and manuscripts.

Tues., June 12, 1:30 p.m. Lecture and Tea. “The Master Forger: Han van Meegeren.”
Ivan MacDonald, lecturer, historian and performing artist will tell the story of Han van Meegeren, a Dutch artist driven by disappointment and no recognition, so desperate to prove his talent that he forged the likes of Vermeer, Hals, and de Hoogh. Only a fluke exposed him – upsetting the art world with one of the most sensational forgery cases in history!

Dinner Lectures
Three lectures by experts in the areas of art authentication, forgery, and the law. Cocktails followed by dinner and the presentation. Advance reservations are required. $60 members, $75 non-members, per person for each dinner-lecture. The reservation deadline is the Friday preceding the lecture date. Send check or credit card information (card #, exp. date, and name on card) to: Dinner Lectures, Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830. Sorry, no phone reservations or refunds. Please include a phone number and specify dates.

Wed., June 6, 6:30 p.m. Dinner Lecture. “Alexander Calder, Egon Shiele and Georges Braque go to Court:  Determining Authenticity in Modern Art.”
Ronald Spencer, Counsel, Carter Ledyard & Milburn, New York, and editor of The Expert Versus the Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts, speaks on art authenticity and the law.

Wed., June 20, 6:30 p.m. Dinner Lecture. “From an Art Forger’s Perspective."
John Myatt, master artist for Genuine Fakes, a company specializing in commissioned copies, will discuss his personal experiences as a former art forger.  

Wed., June 27, 6:30 p.m. Dinner Lecture. “The FBI Agent: The FBI’s Art Theft and Art Forgery Division.”
James Wynne, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, talks about how the FBI tracks forgers and cracks cases.