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    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Oct 18 07:56:04 2022
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

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  • From sobriquet@21:1/5 to RichA on Tue Oct 18 19:50:36 2022
    On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:56:08 PM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    How is the FBI supposed to distinguish between real art and fake art these days?

    https://i.imgur.com/b5WXJ6E.jpg

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  • From Peter Jason@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 19 14:22:48 2022
    On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:56:04 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    Well I hope they had the good taste to colorize them.

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to sobriquet on Wed Oct 19 01:06:24 2022
    On Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 22:50:40 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:56:08 PM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    How is the FBI supposed to distinguish between real art and fake art these days?

    https://i.imgur.com/b5WXJ6E.jpg

    Difference being, Adams work was art, unlike the worthless trash show above.

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  • From sobriquet@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Oct 19 04:21:33 2022
    On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:06:27 AM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 22:50:40 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:56:08 PM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    How is the FBI supposed to distinguish between real art and fake art these days?

    https://i.imgur.com/b5WXJ6E.jpg
    Difference being, Adams work was art, unlike the worthless trash show above.

    Didn't the Nazis also claim that all modern art was trash?
    If art didn't depict something they could wrap their simplistic mind around, then it
    was somehow degenerate trash.

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  • From Whisky-dave@21:1/5 to sobriquet on Wed Oct 19 05:25:00 2022
    On Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 03:50:40 UTC+1, sobriquet wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:56:08 PM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    How is the FBI supposed to distinguish between real art and fake art these days?

    They don't have to distinguish between real art and fake art.
    Whether it is art doens't mater it's whether it's fake or not.
    Just like any other product, it can be tested scientifically and by provenance.


    https://i.imgur.com/b5WXJ6E.jpg

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to sobriquet on Wed Oct 19 15:54:47 2022
    On Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 07:21:37 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:06:27 AM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 22:50:40 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:56:08 PM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    How is the FBI supposed to distinguish between real art and fake art these days?

    https://i.imgur.com/b5WXJ6E.jpg
    Difference being, Adams work was art, unlike the worthless trash show above.
    Didn't the Nazis also claim that all modern art was trash?
    If art didn't depict something they could wrap their simplistic mind around, then it
    was somehow degenerate trash.

    Most dull people see and think in black and white. I wouldn't call Monet trash, but I would call a banana stuck to a board trash>

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  • From sobriquet@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Oct 19 17:13:35 2022
    On Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 12:54:50 AM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    On Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 07:21:37 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:06:27 AM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 22:50:40 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:56:08 PM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    How is the FBI supposed to distinguish between real art and fake art these days?

    https://i.imgur.com/b5WXJ6E.jpg
    Difference being, Adams work was art, unlike the worthless trash show above.
    Didn't the Nazis also claim that all modern art was trash?
    If art didn't depict something they could wrap their simplistic mind around, then it
    was somehow degenerate trash.
    Most dull people see and think in black and white. I wouldn't call Monet trash, but I would call a banana stuck to a board trash>

    Still, it's kind of subjective what art is or who is an authority to decide what qualifies as art.
    Part of the fun of art is exploring freedom of expression, including the freedom to poke fun
    at closed-minded conceptions of what constitutes art.

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  • From Whisky-dave@21:1/5 to sobriquet on Thu Oct 20 05:05:46 2022
    On Thursday, 20 October 2022 at 01:13:38 UTC+1, sobriquet wrote:
    On Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 12:54:50 AM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    On Wednesday, 19 October 2022 at 07:21:37 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Wednesday, October 19, 2022 at 10:06:27 AM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    On Tuesday, 18 October 2022 at 22:50:40 UTC-4, sobriquet wrote:
    On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 4:56:08 PM UTC+2, RichA wrote:
    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for-forging-ansel-adams-photos/

    How is the FBI supposed to distinguish between real art and fake art these days?

    https://i.imgur.com/b5WXJ6E.jpg
    Difference being, Adams work was art, unlike the worthless trash show above.
    Didn't the Nazis also claim that all modern art was trash?
    If art didn't depict something they could wrap their simplistic mind around, then it
    was somehow degenerate trash.
    Most dull people see and think in black and white. I wouldn't call Monet trash, but I would call a banana stuck to a board trash>
    Still, it's kind of subjective what art is or who is an authority to decide what qualifies as art.
    Part of the fun of art is exploring freedom of expression, including the freedom to poke fun
    at closed-minded conceptions of what constitutes art.

    Art is only worth what you are prepared to pay for it, is what I told a friend who was studying fine art
    when we were discusing what art is. ;-)

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  • From Gordon Freeman@21:1/5 to Peter Jason on Fri Oct 21 01:00:28 2022
    Peter Jason <pj@jostle.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 18 Oct 2022 07:56:04 -0700 (PDT), RichA <rander3128
    @gmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://petapixel.com/2022/10/17/fbi-arrests-gallery-owner-for- forging-ansel-adams-photos/


    It looks like it runs in the family:

    "Beard’s gallery was created by her father, Thomas Halsted in 1969
    and was a respected gallery focused on photography. He died in
    2018, and his obituary notes how he ***forged*** friendships with
    great photographers, including Adams." [empahsis mine]

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