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