It’s Shannon’s birthday season so we’re talking art crime and the audacity of man. This week Emma fills us in on Mark Landis, artist and forger, who managed to fool multiple museums over the course of 30 years into believing his donations of minor works were the real things. The catch? None, it seems. He didn’t earn a single penny from it. So then why did he do it? Come find out as we goof off, dream about museum gift shops, and get an insight into the Bone Shaman. Join the chaos and Emma’s first “solved” mystery episode! 

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Sources: 

The Mother Source

Authentication in Art Unmasked Forgers

The Giveaway from the New Yorker

The New York Times

The Art Newspaper

BBC News

Mark Landis’ website

Slate

Hyperallergic

Treasures on Trial