If it seems too good to be true, it almost certainly is. Back when I was studying for my doctorate, I lived near a muffin shop. Every day, during the half hour before closing time, they sold muffins at half price. This made sense: a good muffin shop doesn’t sell day-old muffins, so they wanted to do … Continued
William Blake is acknowledged as a visionary and skilled draughtsman. What is less well known is that he invented not just one but several new printing processes in order to achieve his masterful integration of image and text. This revelatory new exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, examines Blake’s career from both a social and technical aspect, from his … Continued
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Who can legally issue a certificate of authenticity for a work of art? Well, I can. After all, I founded and directed a graduate program in art connoisseurship, I’ve published lots of articles on print connoisseurship, I have a doctorate from Harvard, I have years of experience dealing in prints… But guess what? So can … Continued
