Really false? Art forgeries and other half-truths
27 August 2021
Panel discussion with Guido Messling (curator, KHM), Wolfgang Müller-Funk (cultural theorist) and Paulus Rainer (curator, KHM), moderated by Andrea Zederbauer (co-editor of wespennest)
(in German language)
The need to differentiate between lies and truth, between real and fake, seems to be an ethical imperative and has not only existed since the days of fake news. But what if it is not so easy to distinguish fact from fiction? What if a look at the prevailing zeitgeist reveals divergent views? It is often only a small step from a legal copy as an imitation to a fraudulent forgery.