On Tue, 21 Jul 1998 09:27:35 +0000,Koko wrote: >ETHICS IN ART > >You are a friend of a very famous artist who secretly admits to you that >the one of their most famous works was in fact >created by a visitor to their studio. That by mistake it was sent out >to the gallery and later sold to a museum. >As his friend do you keep the secret, or do you expose the work as a >fraud? Revealing what you know may result in endless lawsuits and deep >embarrassment on all sides. Is the authenticity of a work important in >our society anymore? > All I can say is heaven help our society if we do not take truth and authenticity as serious. I am surprised that the question is even asked; especially on a Museum list. John Bing Trustee, Laguna Art Museum