Jonathon Keats is a critic, journalist and artist. He is the art critic for San Francisco Magazine, and has contributed art criticism to Art & Antiques, Art + Auction, Art in America, ARTnews, Artweek, and Salon.com. His arts writing has also appeared in Wired Magazine, ForbesLife Magazine, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor. He is most recently the author of Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology (OUP). His conceptual art has been exhibited at venues including the Berkeley Art Museum, the Hammer Museum, and the Wellcome Collection.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part One
The Art of Forgery
Part Two
Forgers: Six Modern Masters
Lothar Malskat: What is Belief?
Alceo Dossena: What is Authenticity?
Han van Meegeren: What is Authority?
Eric Hebborn: What is Heritage?
Elmyr de Hory: What is Identity?
Tom Keating: What is Culture?
Part Three
Forging a New Art
Further Reading