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Warhol after Warhol : secrets, lies, & corruption in the art world / Richard Dorment.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth editionDescription: 277 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781639364978
  • 1639364978
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Contents:
A voice on the line, 2003 -- Langton Street, 2003 -- 'Don't even think about it' -- Warhol's silkscreens -- Joe Simon -- Warhol's will -- Th Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board -- Selling Andy -- The 'Dollar Bill' piece -- Celeb-a-lula -- Eyewitnesses -- 'I should have died. It would have been better', 1968 -- Andy Warhol Enterprises Inc. -- The Red Self-Portrait comes up for authentication -- Burno B. -- Dinner on Park Avenue, March 2009 -- A cruel joke -- First article for the New York Review of Books, 2009 -- Wachs -- Big noise on Hudson Street -- Lies and libel, 2009 -- The Warhol foundation on trial, 2010 -- A cold-blooded murder - a brazen swindle -- 'A premeditated and underhand ploy' -- The defense -- A mountain of mud and misinformation -- Senior moments -- Forty-four fakes -- 'Inherently dishonest', 2003 -- 'Warhol is acknowledging the painting' -- A mountain of material -- 'The most irresponsible lawyering I have encountered in twenty years of practice' -- The investigation I began had not been concluded' -- Expert witnesses -- The affidavit -- Squeegeeville.com -- Contagion, 2011 -- 'Nothing more than a sort of fraud' -- Epilogue: August 2021 -- Appendix: The silk-screening process -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Notes -- index.
Summary: A story spanning a decade and starring a cast of characters straight out of novel-from rock icons and film stars, art dealers and art forgers-brings to life the bitter debate over the authenticity of a series of paintings by the most famous American artist of the 20th century.
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Long-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world and its mystifying authentication process.

Late one afternoon in the winter of 2003, art critic Richard Dorment answered a telephone call from a stranger. The caller was Joe Simon, an American film producer and art collector. He was ringing at the suggestion of David Hockney, his neighbour in Malibu. A committee of experts called the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board had declared the two Warhols in his collection to be fake. He wanted to know why and thought Dorment could help.

This call would mark the beginning of an extraordinary story that would play out over the next ten years and would involve a cast of characters straight out of a n novel. From rock icons and film stars; art dealers and art forgers; to a murdered Russian oligarch and a lawyer for the mob; from courtrooms to auction houses: all took part in a bitter struggle debating the authenticity of a series of paintings by the most famous American artist of the twentieth century.

Part detective story, part art history, part memoir, and part courtroom drama, Warhol After Warhol is a spellbinding account of the dark connection between money, power, and art.

A voice on the line, 2003 -- Langton Street, 2003 -- 'Don't even think about it' -- Warhol's silkscreens -- Joe Simon -- Warhol's will -- Th Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board -- Selling Andy -- The 'Dollar Bill' piece -- Celeb-a-lula -- Eyewitnesses -- 'I should have died. It would have been better', 1968 -- Andy Warhol Enterprises Inc. -- The Red Self-Portrait comes up for authentication -- Burno B. -- Dinner on Park Avenue, March 2009 -- A cruel joke -- First article for the New York Review of Books, 2009 -- Wachs -- Big noise on Hudson Street -- Lies and libel, 2009 -- The Warhol foundation on trial, 2010 -- A cold-blooded murder - a brazen swindle -- 'A premeditated and underhand ploy' -- The defense -- A mountain of mud and misinformation -- Senior moments -- Forty-four fakes -- 'Inherently dishonest', 2003 -- 'Warhol is acknowledging the painting' -- A mountain of material -- 'The most irresponsible lawyering I have encountered in twenty years of practice' -- The investigation I began had not been concluded' -- Expert witnesses -- The affidavit -- Squeegeeville.com -- Contagion, 2011 -- 'Nothing more than a sort of fraud' -- Epilogue: August 2021 -- Appendix: The silk-screening process -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography -- Notes -- index.

A story spanning a decade and starring a cast of characters straight out of novel-from rock icons and film stars, art dealers and art forgers-brings to life the bitter debate over the authenticity of a series of paintings by the most famous American artist of the 20th century.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-262) and index.

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