Lesson series
Fakes, Frauds and Forgeries: Issues in Authenticity
This course will examine issues of authenticity in works of art including forgeries, unethical restorations, and misattributions. Case studies on works from the Renaissance through Contemporary art will provide a forum for evaluating the relative strengths and weaknesses of conservation science, provenance, due diligence and connoisseurship in settling such disputes. This course will also include presentations from an art lawyer and a conservation scientist who specialize in authenticity issues.
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Why this course?
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5 Lectures
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Live Streamed Classes
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Class Recordings
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Discussion Boards
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Meet the instructor
Corey D’Augustine
Corey D’Augustine is a conservator of modern and contemporary art and a technical art historian. He regularly works for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and lectures on art history and art conservation at New York University, Pratt Institute, and the Museum of Modern Art. He is a specialist in American and European Post-war art and his research interests include 20th century painting materials and techniques and the conservation of monochrome paintings.
Patrick Jones - Course author