RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA)
Invites you to its meeting, May 7, 2025, at 11 am at
Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT.
The program will also be shown on Zoom at https://bit.ly/30IBj21
and on local cable channels 24 (Verizon) and 79 (Optimum)
Serdar Arat
“Art Fakes and Forgeries”
Art fakes and forgeries give us the combined satisfaction of a crime mystery, and the profound contemplation of what we expect from art in the first place. As fakes get more outrageous and damaging, some forgers enjoy celebrity status, their fakes are studied in museum exhibitions, and museums around the world are full of undetected fakes. We will explore how forgers convince, how they are detected, and why authenticity matters.
Serdar Arat is a visual artist of Turkish origin, living and working in NY since 1980, with nearly 40 one-person and 60 group exhibitions primarily in New York City and İstanbul. Many reviews and articles about his work include half a dozen in The New York Times, a monograph by Bill Arning, a documentary film by Ken Calhoun among others. Recepient of Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, his works are in many public and private collections mainly in the USA and Türkiye. He has also served as a faculty member and gallery director/curator until 2018, and currently continues to present lectures at the intersection of art and issues of interest. His website is www.serdararat.com.
Our next speaker, on May 14, will be Peter Harrison, Connecticut Director, Regional Plan Association, “Shaping the Megaregion: RPA’s Regional Approach to Housing, Transportation, and Energy.”
The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly by our presentation at 11:00 am. For additional information see greenwichrma.org/speakers
