![]() ![]() Shapiro's novel The Art Forger, is using her considerable skills to forge art for a reproduction company. ![]() And so it is not surprising that Claire Roth, in B.A. Martin writes of Lacey, "She started converting objects of beauty into objects of value." This one statement encapsulates the role of art fraud in our lives drawn to objects of beauty, we are inclined to turn them into objects of value. Though she's not particularly likable, her story is riveting, and through her tale, readers are treated to a glimpse of the highbrow art world in New York and internationally. From Sotheby's to a private dealership to her own gallery in Chelsea, Lacey moves without a moral compass, making decisions based on what is best for her-and her alone. In Steve Martin's Object of Beauty, narrator Daniel Franks tells the story of Lacey, a beautiful, manipulative and cunning woman working her way up the ranks in the high-class art world of New York. ![]()
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