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UK Art Honcho: We Need More Fakes

Could be due to planned imitation exhibition, of course

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2009 2:53 PM CDT

(Newser) – The head of London’s National Gallery wishes “we had more fakes,” he tells Reuters. “It’s worth having some in a collection. Not having them on display for what they pretend to be, but for what they are,” Nicholas Penny... Read full story »

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