{"id":100,"date":"2025-04-28T12:19:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T19:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/artcrime\/?p=100"},"modified":"2025-05-05T09:09:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T16:09:24","slug":"creating-an-artemis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ac.nau.edu\/artcrime\/2025\/04\/28\/creating-an-artemis\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating an Artemis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Decades down the road, I write of this crime. One of the only wrongs and lies that I was never caught for. The one I benefitted the most from. – Miles Gannon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is a tentative image of what the forgery looked like. AI generated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Infographic on forgeries from ancient Greece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I’m not sure who will read this. I’m guessing one of my children after I leave this existence. I hope that it is not one of my grandchildren, but I know deep down it likely will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the last forty years, I worked as an art conservator with a speciality in ancient sculptures. Working in both public institutions and for private collectors allowed me to see art up close in a way that many don’t get to. All the little minutiae that make up some of the best work of humans. One would think that being able to study sculptures like that would allow me to create better art. Try as hard as I might, I was always a mediocre sculptor, no matter how badly I wanted to be great. My best work was making imitations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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That would be helpful to me in the end. As an art conservator, I had extensive training and education on art history and chemistry: <\/em>what degrades materials, what makes them shine. As well as a fine arts degree in sculpting. Working for private collectors was the highlight of my career. They paid much better than museums, and were often much more colorful characters. That’s how I was approached for this. A wanna-be-art dealer, who happened to be the son of a very successful art dealer and collector. This son seriously lacked his father’s knack for negotiation and manners. But still he wanted to make his mark on the art world. Thus, he hired people to make forgeries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Beginning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everyone in this story is dead except me, and I will be soon. No real names have been used as to preserve memories and reputations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Micheal Approached Me<\/h3>\n\n\n\n