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Schlingensiefs Kunst war immer ein Spiel mit den Grenzen der Kunst und auch mit deren Überschreitung." Carl Hegemann Kunst oder Quatsch? Schlingensiefs Arbeiten werfen noch immer Fragen auf: Handelt es sich um Zeitdiagnosen? In welchen Traditionslinien stehen sie? Inwiefern sind sie selbst traditionsbildend geworden? Und: Worin liegt ihre Aktualität begründet? Christoph Schlingensief bewegte sich, mit dem Ruf des "enfant terrible" des deuts...

As Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade, Thomas Hoving brought art to a new level of public awareness by pioneering such blockbuster shows as the King Tut exhibit. Early in his career, Hoving was introduced to the "curator's game." Each week, he and his contemporaries met to examine details of larger museum masterpieces. Whoever correctly identified the detail in context won free coffee: the losers paid. In an imaginative ad...

From the author of Masterpiece comes the story of a thrilling quest for riches as glamourous New Yorkers Olivia and Andrew Foster return on a mission to uncover the treasures of a lost Roman Empire city.When the globe-trotting curators of the Metropolitan Museum of Art are on sabbatical in the golden hills of Naples, Olivia and Andrew Foster make the archaeological discovery of a lifetime. Tipped off by an eccentric art collector and connoisse...

Two prominent directors of the biggest art galleries in the United States find themselves falling in love as they fight for possession of a masterpiece by Spanish master Diego Velazquez in this fast-paced novel that sweeps readers into the world of international art.When a beautiful and sensual nude portrait by a famous Spanish art master unexpectedly goes up for auction, the art world begins to act greedily. The last truly great masterpiece b...

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A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster exhibitions for the museum and made him a legend. Photos.

Delving into one of the most sacrosanct areas of culture--fine art collecting--Thomas Hoving presents a gallery of art fakes, fakers, and the suckers who fell for the scams. From the shroud of Turin to pre-Colombian pottery, Hoving reveals the biggest, the best, the most embarrassing, and the most costly forgeries in history--many of them unknown until now. photos.