Post ARovbsKqV42eJ4YnA0 by jetjocko@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #ARoqACC6ZVFG1FSBtI by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-20T01:28:34Z
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The couple that made millions forging modernist paintings:https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/apr/10/we-got-a-kick-out-of-it-art-forgers-reveal-secrets-of-paintings-that-fooled-experts
(DIR) Post #ARor10MbHwzgftXnnM by mdemeny@contenttechtodon.org
2023-01-20T01:35:00Z
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@clive I'd watch a movie about these two - they seem like a fascinating pair.
(DIR) Post #ARor115GbsisuQRTPs by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-20T01:38:18Z
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@mdemeny Yeah, me too -- it seems like they had a lot of fun too
(DIR) Post #ARorJvAQpfEi3ps9BI by jetjocko@mastodon.social
2023-01-20T01:41:08Z
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@clive My old pal titanium white blows up yet another art forgery. (It’s what got the Vinland Map, too: https://news.yale.edu/2021/09/01/analysis-unlocks-secret-vinland-map-its-fake)
(DIR) Post #ARorzvF4waCkSK4cwy by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-20T01:47:37Z
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@jetjocko yes!!
(DIR) Post #ARosUEb1YDEBAVnBWi by jetjocko@mastodon.social
2023-01-20T01:54:50Z
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@clive Far as I know the first piece of fine art to use titanium white was Arp's Shirt Front and Fork, 1924. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.61452.html
(DIR) Post #ARosiRzyW9f2n1F3EO by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-20T01:57:20Z
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@jetjocko Those forgers really need to pick that as their cutoff
(DIR) Post #ARovbsKqV42eJ4YnA0 by jetjocko@mastodon.social
2023-01-20T02:29:47Z
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@clive It’s a very Sherlock Holmes move. The wrong pigment!
(DIR) Post #ARp2WVMpAP1ZIss7HM by clive@saturation.social
2023-01-20T03:46:30Z
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@jetjocko totally