Art Hoax

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
During WWII, a small-time Dutch painter Han van Meegeren managed to pass off his own paintings as those of Johannes Vermeer. Edward Dolnick’s new book about what’s been called the greatest art hoax of the twentieth century is The Forger’s Spell.

Event: Edward Dolnick will be speaking and signing books
Wednesday, July 23 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble Upper West Side
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)

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