Scandal: Forgeries of Lubarda and Kuna in Knez Mihailova ?! – Izazov
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THE EXHIBITION “Between Memories and Oblivion – Works from the Jovicic Collection”, which will be held in the House of Legacies until Thursday, according to many distinguished experts in painting, should be forgotten as soon as possible. Namely, they claim that the works from the collection of the Jovicic family, signed with the names of the most famous artists from the former Yugoslavia, are forgeries. Due to the alleged deception of the public, they demand that the exhibition be closed as soon as possible, and that the perpetrators be brought to justice.
The Association of Gallerists and Collectors of Belgrade claims that at least two thirds of the works of eighty paintings are “vulgar forgeries”. – I was astonished by the fact that all the exhibits were naively wrongly attributed to very important painters – wrote art historian Ljubica Buba Miljković in a letter to Filip Brusić Renaud, director of the House of Legacies
Nikola Kusovac’s phone rang. Protests are coming to him from all sides. It is called by collectors, gallerists, colleagues, art lovers… – It is difficult to say that these are forgeries. These are bad transcripts and to make it more convincing, signatures were placed. Says Nikola Kusovac
The foreword to the catalog was written by Dr. Irina Subotic, art historian, and the text by her colleague Prof. Dr. Diana Metlic. In the opinion of the members of the Association and the gallerists, they thus gave “legitimacy to the play and described in detail each (non) work individually”. – Many people do not know what is right and what is wrong – says Kusovac. – It is terrible when two art historians, who are also doctors of science, confirm with their texts that what is not original is.
The catalog was published by the Jovicic family, and Irina Subotic and Diana Metlic stood behind the exhibition.
TO BE CONTINUED