Art Thieves GO CRAZY!

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Art theft is stupid and unimaginative. Conceptually it is no different than shoplifting a tube of lipstick, really. What is way more fun to think about is art forgery. Forging artwork is one of the most intriguing and convoluted concepts you can imagine. It illuminates the perversity of capitalism as few ideas can. Give me art forgers over art thieves any day.

― Aimless (Aimless), Sunday, 18 December 2005 06:44 (eighteen years ago) link

The layout could be a problem with a resolution/browser size that cuts off before the text in the left column is seen - web news items often has a central column of text with images to either side.

The sculpture was in the external-workshop area for some reason I don't recall from the TV news, which may be something to do with the security cameras just catching a couple of snapshots of the lorry coming and going. Though when I think of the big Yorkshire Sculpture Park, with its large selection of large Moores, I don't recall any sign of cameras anywhere near most of the art.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Sunday, 18 December 2005 10:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Maybe they're going to melt it and use it to make Constructivist art.

― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!, Sunday, 18 December 2005 10:32 (eighteen years ago) link

Forging artwork is one of the most intriguing and convoluted concepts you can imagine. It illuminates the perversity of capitalism as few ideas can. Give me art forgers over art thieves any day.

Somebody's seen F for Fake, I see.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 18 December 2005 11:07 (eighteen years ago) link

And, I should add, I agree completely.

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 18 December 2005 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link

The layout could be a problem with a resolution/browser size that cuts off before the text in the left column is seen

I don't want to belabor this point, but no... it's a fixed-width layout, with two colums of text where there need only be one, and the second column of text begins higher than the first. This is very wrong. It might work for a newspaper with one headline tying the two columns together, but anywhere on the web, it's just... wrong. I'm sorry I can't come up with a more clever word for "wrong."

― Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 18 December 2005 11:17 (eighteen years ago) link

wrong

― RJG (RJG), Sunday, 18 December 2005 20:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Looks like another case of tit for tat, actually.

― patrick bateman (mickeygraft), Monday, 19 December 2005 01:00 (eighteen years ago) link

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