Description
What motivates an art forger? How easy are they to catch? And to what extent have AI and other technologies changed how we approach matters of authenticity, derivation and forgery?
In The Art of Forgery Noah Charney, celebrated art historian and the world's foremost art-crime specialist, explores the stories behind the most famous art forgeries in the world. Chronicling the adventures and misadventures of master forgers throughout history, the book examines how and why these artful tricksters - often ingenious, skilful, quirky and charming - succeeded in deceiving the art world and how they were eventually caught, through shrewd detective work, scientific examination or a good measure of luck. Illustrated in colour throughout, this new revised and expanded edition takes in recent developments in the realm of art and authenticity from NFTs (content, including artwork, in the form of digital files the ownership of which is written into the blockchain) to the rise of AI, with its ability to create, on command, unique new digital images of superlative quality, prompting questions about authorship, originality, and more.Author: Noah Charney
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: 10/15/2026
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.11d
ISBN13: 9781350545137
ISBN10: 1350545139
BISAC Categories:
- Art | History | General
- True Crime | Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions
About the Author
Noah Charney is the internationally bestselling author of more than 30 books, translated into 14 languages, including The Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art (2017), which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography, and Museum of Lost Art (2018), which was the finalist for the Digital Book World Award. Noah is a professor of art history, teaching courses on art crime at Yale, The Smithsonian, and the National Gallery, UK.