An adventurous tale of art criticism– book signing TODAY @ The Nasher

Oct 22 2009, Posted by Claire Finch in Art, Playground, 0 Comments

Acclaimed author John Brewer, who the Nasher blog describes as a “fascinating conversationalist” will come to the Nasher today at 5:30, for a book signing and discussion. His new novel, The American Leonardo: A Tale of Obsession, Art and Money, offers a pointed critique of the art criticism apparatus– all through the lens of a 1919 case of dubious art authentication involving Leonardo da Vinci’s “La Belle Ferronniere.” Though Brewer’s book comes nearly 100 years after the initial art world scandal, the debate still rages on, and the painting in question remains curiously locked in a storage vault in Omaha.