This autumn a ground-breaking exhibition “Russian Avant-Garde at the Museum Ludwig: Original and Fake, Questions, Research, Explanations” opened in Cologne, Germany. As part of this Museum Ludwig brings together leading experts, art historians, art dealers and art collectors from around the world for an online symposium “Russian Avant-Garde: Original or Fake”.
James Butterwick will be speaking on Saturday, November 7 at 5pm (CET) in the panel titled after his lecture “The Dark Side of The Boom. The Mass Faking of the Russian Avant Garde”.
Free Registration: zoom-museum@gmx.de
Please see the full programme below:
November 5 – 7, 2020
Digital Conference on the occasion of the exhibition: Russian Avant-garde at the Museum Ludwig: Original and Fake. Questions, Research, Explanations September 26, 2020 – January 3, 2021
Thursday, November 5, 2020
19.00 Hubertus Butin. Fakes in Museums – Scandal or Chance? Talk in German presented by Freunde des Wallraf-Richartz-Museum und des Museum Ludwig
Friday, November 6, 2020
Moderation: Rita Kersting, Museum Ludwig & Konstantin Akinsha, RARP
14.00 -17.00 Russian Avant-garde. Provenance Research and Attribution
17.00-19.00 Russian Avant-garde: Technological Research
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Moderation: Rita Kersting, Museum Ludwig & Konstantin Akinsha, RARP
15.00-17.00 – Russian Avant-garde and Museum
How museums handle Russian Avant-garde works
17.00-19.00 Avant-garde, Art Market and Crime
The Dark Side of the Boom. The mass faking of the Russian Avant garde