Friday, December 5, 2008

December 6, 2008

Edward Dolnick exposes the world of art forgery in "The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century." The forger is a mediocre painter named Han van Meegeren who delvelops a method of aging paintings and manages to convince art experts and art collectors, including Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering, that his work is that of Vermeer. It is a fascinating story.

Listen to the interview at http://www.wvik.org/listings-aboutbooks.htm

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