In the blog of 15-09-2015: Does an artist still need to be alive for making his artwork? I talked about Andy Warhol not making his own work. Hence, that it could have been a good idea to have assistants and others continue making his works.

Andy Warhol

What joy, the Dutch have their own dead artist who apparently is still very productive! The one and only Herman Brood! (click on the name to see a video) It is a real pity that there are no English subtitles in this documentary (down below the blog), it is worthwhile seeing how easy one can falsify Brood’s work, receive an authenticity document and sell it for good money.

Herman Brood

What should/could we learn from this?

Two things:

• Go for art that is bedded in craftsmanship. It is easy to copy Andy Warhol, Herman Brood, Anton Heyboer (an other Dutch Hero! click on the name to see a video) and many, many other artists. And up to date: Ai Weiwei. My daughter has lots of Lego. More difficult would be to make a good Goya, Rembrandt, or a good Horst Janssen. My work? Well, I often try to fake my own work, but badly fail.

• Buy what you like and don’t go for names. Look at the stuff you buy! Just falsify the works of the mentioned big names. It saves you a lot of money and you have a nice weekend, feeling a GREAT ARTIST!

Anton Heyboer

Ai Weiwei

A tip: on the 4^th of February my show opens in Barcelona, don’t miss it! I will give details soon.

P.S.: years ago as a joke I thought about creating a museum with all fake pieces. How many have you recognized below? How many do you think you can you falsify? I have stopped at 21 works, but could have easily gone on.

Name of the museum? 'THIS IS NOT A MUSEUM' (thinking about René Magritte)