There’s an exhibition opportunity in fakes. Any institution that’s been around long enough will have acquired loads of them, sure as scale build-up in a coffee machine. Grow a pair and air that reputational dirty laundry: here are the objects of supreme craftsmanship that royally screwed us over, and their insane backstories. Challenge the public’s notion of the concepts involved.
All of this makes me wonder what actual protocol is. I fear it involves some combination of litigation, destruction, on-sale and permanent storage instead of anything constructive.
What I’m missing from the article that claims that the “precise” burial place of Plato was now revealed: is it, though? Is the location of the shrine of the Muses known?
I’m sure the Luddites can teach us a lot. After all, history has shown that their movement was a huge success since now it’s illegal to replace workers with automation.
3 overlays to click through, then hijacked the back button to pop up a fourth. Don’t care a fucking thing about the content, just adding the site to my filters.
Interesting article, thanks for sharing. It’s interesting that counterfeit goes back to the invention of coins. I wonder why “inspected” coins are worth less to collectors than intact coins, to me the marks would add to the story.
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