Noah Charney
Founder, Association for Research into Crimes Against Art
Noah Charney is a professor of art history and the founder of the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art (ARCA). His books include The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of Master Forgers (2015), the Pulitzer-nominated Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art (2017), co-authored with Ingrid Rowland, and The Museum of Lost Art (2018).
Written by Noah Charney
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Art
Is it really a Leonardo?
Forensics can’t be sure. Provenance can be fudged. This is why the expert eye still rules the game of art authentication
Noah Charney
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Art
Does technological analysis destroy the romance of art history?
Noah Charney
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Art
A fake of art
Museums display perfect reproductions of fragile works and visitors can’t tell the difference. Is nothing in art sacred?
Noah Charney