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How ‘Nat Tate’ Hoaxed The Artworld, With Help From David Bowie

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In 1998, at a glittering party, novelist William Boyd alerted the art world to the brilliance of artist ‘Nat Tate’—except Tate did not exist.

Anthony Haden-Guest
Anthony Haden-Guest
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