Description: Revised and expanded edition explores the stories behind the most famous art forgeries in the world.
Brief description: Noah Charney has authored more than twenty-eight books, including The Collector of Lives, which was nominated for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, and Museum of Lost Art, which was a finalist for the 2018 Digital Book World Award. He is a professor of art history specializing in art crime and has taught for Yale University, Brown University, American University of Rome and University of Ljubljana. He founded the Association for Research into Crimes against Art, and he has written for dozens of major publications, including The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Observer and The Art Newspaper.
Review Quotes:
"Excellent... Beautifully written and illustrated." --Tatler (of the first edition)
"A rattling good read." --The Art Newspaper online (of the first edition) "[Charney's] book about forgers makes the allure of their dark trade feel irresistible." --Washington Post (of the first edition) "A serious subject described in vastly enjoyable fashion with implications both subtle and obvious, about serious issues... A romp of a read." --Art Quarterly (of the first edition) "Charney truly hits stride when describing the forgers... As the world of forgery is infinitely colorful." --Bloomberg (of the first edition) "A beautifully written and rigorously researched journey into the hidden world of master forgers. Through their daring exploits and complex motivations, Noah Charney reveals how deception has evolved across history. Fully attuned to our times, it also introduces readers to recent advances in scientific techniques of examination and authentication, alongside the transformative impact of artificial intelligence and the digital world, where the boundaries between authenticity and illusion are increasingly blurred." --Jehane Ragai, author of The Scientist and the Forger