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| Great British Fake Off? Copies hung in art galleries for competition | |
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| Seven British paintings have been removed from the walls of galleries and replaced with fakes in the name of a national TV competition. | Seven British paintings have been removed from the walls of galleries and replaced with fakes in the name of a national TV competition. |
| Sky Arts said they had organised the deception with the full cooperation of galleries that include the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. | Sky Arts said they had organised the deception with the full cooperation of galleries that include the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh and the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. |
| During July, people will be able to look at a number of paintings knowing that one of them is a fake. For example in Manchester Art Gallery, people can enjoy pre-Raphaelite paintings by artists including Ford Madox Brown, William Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Millais, and one will not be what it seems. | During July, people will be able to look at a number of paintings knowing that one of them is a fake. For example in Manchester Art Gallery, people can enjoy pre-Raphaelite paintings by artists including Ford Madox Brown, William Holman Hunt, Rossetti and Millais, and one will not be what it seems. |
| “You don’t have to be an art historian to have a go at this,” said Phil Edgar-Jones, the director of Sky Arts. “All you need is a sense of curiosity and an eye for detail. | “You don’t have to be an art historian to have a go at this,” said Phil Edgar-Jones, the director of Sky Arts. “All you need is a sense of curiosity and an eye for detail. |
| “We wanted to tell the story of British art with a sense of fun, and in a way that would encourage us all to take a closer and more critical look at the works of great British artists.” | “We wanted to tell the story of British art with a sense of fun, and in a way that would encourage us all to take a closer and more critical look at the works of great British artists.” |
| The participating galleries are in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London and Manchester, and the public will also be able to see the seven displays online. | The participating galleries are in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Liverpool, London and Manchester, and the public will also be able to see the seven displays online. |
| Each episode will focus on a particular period in British art, whether that is animal and sporting art in the 18th and 19th centuries or the portraiture of the Stuart courts. | Each episode will focus on a particular period in British art, whether that is animal and sporting art in the 18th and 19th centuries or the portraiture of the Stuart courts. |
| Successful fake spotters will be invited to the series finale at the Ashmolean Musuem in Oxford, with the eventual winner getting a fake of their own. | Successful fake spotters will be invited to the series finale at the Ashmolean Musuem in Oxford, with the eventual winner getting a fake of their own. |
| The show, Fake! The Great Masterpiece Challenge, will be screened in the new year, presented by the journalist Giles Coren and the art historian Rose Balston. | The show, Fake! The Great Masterpiece Challenge, will be screened in the new year, presented by the journalist Giles Coren and the art historian Rose Balston. |