Art forgery is a devilish attempt to deceive its audience.
Experts’ negative reaction to Kirsha Kaechele’s admission she forged the three Picasso paintings that hung in the Ladies Lounge at Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) is therefore no surprise.
As reported in Guardian Australia, experts such as Nine’s art critic John McDonald and Inside the Art Market’s Christopher Heathcote have dismissed Kaechele’s works as a “childish” prank, and highlighted the harm they imagine the fakes will inflict on the museum.
