House of European History, Brussels : Fake for Real: A History of Forgery and Falsification, Touring Exhibition
Fake For Real - Touring Exhibition
Teloglion Fine Arts Foundation, Thessaloniki, Greece; National Ethnographic Museum, Sofia, Bulgaria; Open Society Archive, Budapest, Hungary; Museum of the Second World War, Gdansk, Poland; Regional Museum Skåne, Kristianstad, Sweden.
'The Ancient Greeks, the myth goes, used a wooden horse to deceive their enemies and breach the walls of Troy. Throughout the centuries - in war, politics, the economy and other spheres of human activity - forgery and deceit were used to advance their creators' goals. Fake for Real: A History of Forgery and Falsification, is an exhibition that explored these themes for more than a year at the House of European History, its Brussels base. Now, it is on a tour around Europe, visiting cities such as Thessaloniki, Sofia, Budapest, Bucharest, Gdansk and Kristianstad.
The exhibition presents falsifications throughout history. It describes the specific historical circumstances that explain their appearance, the interests and motives behind them and the impact they had. It also demonstrates how they were ultimately exposed.' - House of European History
For more information on the exhibition see the House of European History website.
