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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Kathleen McCook

It's a sad commentary on modern life that even art is being used to defraud people and make money. There are so few institutions that we can trust anymore.

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Aug 29, 2023Liked by Kathleen McCook

Thanks -- well-known swindle... ;-))

Tom Wolf wrote a wonderful book on the subject “The Painted World”

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Aug 30, 2023Liked by Kathleen McCook

It's a little old now, but I really enjoyed "The 12 Million Dollar Stuffed Shark: The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art."

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I've noticed that your favorite citation is Ibid. Is this a first or last name? Male or Female? Prefix or title? E.g. ":Lady Delores van Ibid."

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I imagine you saw this. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/magazine/wildensteins-inheritance-case-art.html Have you read Vonnegut's Bluebeard.

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