OPENING THUR 14-NOV 7-9p: From Russia With Doubt at Cabinet #Brooklyn #NYC. #painting In 2010, Adam Lerner, the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, did something unheard of in the museum world: he mounted a large exhibition of paintings without first knowing whether they were real or fake. Painted in the Suprematist and Constructivist styles of early twentieth-century Russian avant-garde masters, the 181 canvases had been acquired by amateur collectors Ron and Roger Pollard from a mysterious seller in Germany. The man, who they met on eBay, claimed that the paintings had been found in an abandoned shipping container held in German customs since the 1980s. This exhibit will feature paintings from the Pollard collection and the opening will include a discussion with Lerner about the value of inauthenticity and the benefits of not knowing within the modern cultural institution. Exhibition continues NOV 18-29. bit.ly/1hAYzU2
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