The Fake

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Summary: The Fake is a splendid book:
Review: it combines great scholarship, entertaining story-telling and an innovative theoretical approach. Radnoti's book is a jewel in contemporary art history as it is also an original statement about the vicissitudes of our postmodern condition.

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Summary: A fascinating contribution to art history and appreciation.
Review: This survey of the circumstances of forgery and its place in the art world examines the ethics and art of the fake, from the implications of forged items to their existence in and impact upon the contemporary art world. The Fake blends history, ethical concerns and artistic examination in a delicate weave of unique insights.

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Summary: original and interesting
Review: What is wrong with a fake? Is it wrong at all? The discussion of these questions leads Radnoti to the re-examination of the main aesthetic and conceptual implications of the autonomous art of modernity (originality, novelty, tradition, canon), to their crisis and transformations in the practice of contemporary art. This is one of the most original and interesting books in art theory published in the last decade.