What a WONDERFUL Discourse! Mme Ragai is such an engaging speaker. And who would have thought that there was so much physics involved in forgery detection!
@maxtroy2 күн бұрын
Fantastic talk. She is a great speaker!
@jttylor5088Күн бұрын
Thanks RI for always having interesting and amazing speakers.
@wktodd2 күн бұрын
So, what he found was a load of pollocks ;-)
@maxtroy2 күн бұрын
A load of OLD pollocks!
@bonetiredtooКүн бұрын
I enjoyed that!
@2BadgersBlue15 сағат бұрын
The experiment with scanning brain activity while being told about a Rembrandt... Did they just do as described or were there all combinations and permutations of forged paintings and authentic paintings and being told the painting was forged and told the painting was authentic? If not, the study was a bit of a waste of time scientifically speaking. Time well spent if they just wanted to reinforce a hypothesis that authentic paintings give more pleasure than forgeries. Does anyone know more about that study?
@timothy84262 күн бұрын
Art is in the eye of the beholder. Not who prints it. Art is an individuals interpretation of what they like. Street artists are talented. And can put out Art quickly. Elites don't have a monopoly on art. The vase sells for 20 dollars and 5 dollars. When the child asked why the same vase was two different prices. The proprietor said some people like to pay more, which makes the vase more valuable.
@wombat45832 күн бұрын
Well that's part of it, a huge part of it, but there's always exceptions. Something that takes more time to create isn't inherently better, but if it is something you enjoy and want time should at least be partially considered. Something that takes over a hundred hours, or even over a thousand hours, typically will have a higher ceiling of quality. Doesn't mean it hits that ceiling but it exists. Or with reproduction and cheap quality may be adequate for the average person, or just exist in a capacity that suits someone but then it's trying to capitalize on selling more for less - meaning the original design isn't actually worth less even if at the point of sale people are paying less. Which means commonality and novelty are also other factors among various others.
@RFC35142 күн бұрын
No, Einstein was still right; that experiment only "proved" where the *paint* was _likely_ to have come from, it didn't really prove _who_ *painted* it. At most, if they'd managed to find Vermeer's DNA on the painting, it would have strongly suggested that he'd been in its presence (though even that could have been faked).
@mewsli2 күн бұрын
Fascinating
@groznyentertainmentКүн бұрын
You don’t have to look far. There are bunch of assholes on eBay selling art signed by famous artists usually sell for 70$ unframed. claiming they found in their attic. The problem is Museums don’t care they buy that stuff to put it up authentic or not. People also buy them based on “what if” risk
@Tsumami__2 күн бұрын
Now I highly doubt that assessment about art becoming a commodity was by an anonymous person.
@RFC3514Күн бұрын
You do know "anonymous" doesn't mean the person actually _has no name,_ right? It just means it wasn't signed.
@happinesstanКүн бұрын
I'm not convinced you can "forge" Jackson Pollock.
@RichardIresonMusician2 күн бұрын
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, does everything a duck can do. Who cares it's not a duck?
@johnstewartrichards592221 сағат бұрын
Better to cook the duck, then taste it.
@RichardIresonMusician21 сағат бұрын
@johnstewartrichards5922 and tastes like a duck....it's only when one finds out it wasn't a duck that the trouble starts, but until that point?
@toni47292 күн бұрын
Ferrari Red if you please. Ahaaa!
@jinstinky5012 күн бұрын
8 million on a paint. See, rich are people are stupid too.
@alferro314917 сағат бұрын
First world problem, isn't it?😱
@Yeditscars2 күн бұрын
hi
@stepheningermany2 күн бұрын
Any idiot who pays 3+ million for a painting of a black and red square has been ripped off whether it is a forgery or not.
@RFC3514Күн бұрын
Would a painting of a red and green triangle be worth more? What if it had three pink circles? What if it had eight million blue rectangles? Please, Mr. Art Critic, enlighten us about the relationship between the number & colour of geometric shapes and monetary value...
@andyparadis3422 күн бұрын
Greed always feeds the swindlers.
@daddust2 күн бұрын
Chaotic presentation and putting spectrum analysis without explanation what is going on, hmm. Obviously is a world expert but the presentation needs more structure. And some of the slides are straight from a dry physics lecture at uni.
@penguin44ca2 күн бұрын
Yeah it took me a bit to figure out
@RFC3514Күн бұрын
Should probably have focused just on 2 or 3 paintings and the techniques used on those, instead of trying to cover 7 or 8 different techniques in a relatively short lecture. I suspect someone from the RI asked her to "make sure to mention the science".