Studio 360 pulls back the curtain on the world of fakes. Kurt Andersen and art expert Thomas Hoving look at why we still get fooled by artifice. We’ll hear from an art forger in England who did time for his crimes, and about the actors who impersonated presidents during radio’s early days. And later, singer-songwriter Laura Veirs performs live in the studio with her band, Saltbreakers.
Thomas Hoving, international authority on art-fraud and this week's guest.
(Courtesy of Thomas Hoving)
Forge This
One of the most notorious art forgeries of the 20th century happened in England in the 1990s when two men were arrested for spectacularly exploiting the vulnerabilities of the art market. Art dealer John Drewe handled the paperwork, and John Myatt handled the paintbrush -- and they ...
Thomas Hoving
Thomas Hoving was the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for 10 years. An international authority on art fraud, he’s the author of False Impressions: The Hunt for Big-Time Art Fakes. He’s written over a dozen art history books on everything ...
Airwave Imposters
Would you ever trust a photograph to tell you whether a work of art is real? Well, the same kind of trickery can happen (and might be even easier to pull off) with sound recordings. We asked WNYC archivist Andy Lanset to burrow into the early days ...
Carlos
Imagine if you could project a persona that made you massively influential. A conceptual artist named Jose Alvarez did just that. He created an alter-ego – a spiritual channeler named Carlos who drew millions of followers all over the world. Ave Carrillo searched for the truth of ...
Laura Veirs and Saltbreakers
Brainy, whimsical Laura Veirs sings about meteors, birds and bugs, the occasional mermaid -- but also storms and natural destruction. Kurt talks with Veirs and she performs with her band, Saltbreakers, live in the studio.
Bonus Track: "Nightingale"
Laura Veirs and Saltbreakers perform "Nightingale" in Studio 360.
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Yes...This was the best Studio 360 I've ever heard... and "Tesla" is STILL an incredible Band as well.... (they will ...
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Great Story. Every high school physics and electronics class should listen to this!
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