Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. The Ladies Lounge, at the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania, Australia, was created five years ago by artist Kirsha Kaechele, the wife of the museum’s founder and owner David Walsh. A tribunal in Tasmania’s capital city Hobart subsequently ruled that …
The family of artist Pablo Picasso has chosen not to take action against Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art after sending it a letter challenging its exhibition of several fake paintings that were falsely portrayed as Picassos. "The Picasso Estate, through Picasso Administration, recently contacted MONA over the exhibition of several works by Picasso whose nature seemed doubtful. Artist …
Tasmania's Museum of Old and New Art has admitted to displaying three fake Picasso paintings for more than three years. In a blog post published on Wednesday, curator Kirsha Kaechele said she forged the fakes herself to match the colour scheme of the museum's Ladies Lounge. Kaechele said the fakes came about when she was designing the Ladies Lounge several …
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kirsha Kaechele, the American artist who created the Ladies …
