THE SORDID LIFE OF THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS ART FORGER
Dutch art forger Han van Meegeren became a folk hero at the end of World War II when he confessed to selling Hermann Goering a fake Vermeer. At 3 pm, at the Clark, hear Jonathan Lopez, author of The Man Who Made Vermeers, discuss the extravagantly sordid life of the world's most notorious art forger and what he did to the image of Vermeer. A book signing will follow. Admission is free. The Clark, 225 South Street, Williamstown, MA. clarkart.edu, 413 458 2303.
Clark Museum
225 South St.
Williamstown, Massachusetts
![A 19th century Seven Piece "Chrysanthemum" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago](/images/c/78/96/Tiffany___Co__Makers_Seven_Piece_"Chrysanthem100x100_c.jpg "A 19th century Seven Piece \"Chrysanthemum\" Pattern Sterling Silver Coffee & Tea Service, which was exhibited in the Tiffany & Co. booth at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago")
_-Closing-the-Distance_100x100_c.jpg "Lot 204: Bob Kuhn (1920–2007),Closing the Distance, 1977, acrylic on masonite, 24 x 48 in, Sold: $409,500")
