Tag Archives: Thomas Hoving
False Impressions – Thomas Hoving
There is something about the world of crime as it intersects with art that is just fascinating. The cleverness – sometimes brilliance – applied to creating forgeries, cheek by jowl with sometimes massive stupidities that either reveal them or blind … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Forgery, Paier College of Art, Thomas Hoving
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Making the Mummies Dance
I’ve read this a couple of times, and enjoyed the blazes out of it both times. Thomas Hoving – the late Thomas Hoving – was the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (one of my favorite places in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art Museums, Juan de Pareja, Making the Mummies Dance, Metropolitan Museum of Art, museum, Temple of Dendur, Thomas Hoving
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