Fakes and Forgeries at The National Gallery London

The National Gallery London is about to open its worst exhibition ever. The pictures are deplorable: incompetent copies, botched restorations, outright fakes. The most painful thing for the gallery is that it bought most of them genuinely believing they were masterpieces. A fascinating new show examines the controversial question of fakery, forgeries and mistaken identities in art. The exhibition runs from June 30th to September 12th. Via The Guardian.