Friends, Romans, Countrymen

THE National Gallery of Victoria says its only artwork by Van Gogh is a fake.

Gallery director Gerard Vaughan said today that a specialist team in Amsterdam tested the painting Head Of A Man and concluded it was not by the Dutch Master.

However, they said it was not a forgery either.

The painting was acquired by the gallery in 1940 for £2196 and was said to be worth $25 million now.

Oops

Van Gogh's Ear
2 oz Absinthe
1 oz Grenadine
1 can(s) Grapefruit Soda
1 slice(s) Lemon(s)

Dribble Absinthe over a tall glass of ice, toss in lemon, dribble with Grenadine and serve with soda.

-- Nora

Good Riddance

Building workers at the offices of Fine Art Logistics Ltd might not know much about art but they know crap when they see see it:

(Hole And Vessel II - valued at £350,000) ... was probably thrown in a skip by mistake during building work at the offices of Fine Art Logistics Ltd, according to a judge at the High Court... The judge held that the work was probably destroyed at a waste transfer station.

It wasn't just the builders who thought it was rubbish:

Refering to the lost work, Mr Justice Teare said: "It is not possible for me to describe it. One expert described it as sensuous and sexy, the other as clumsy and somewhat absurd."

-- Nick