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26 May 2026, 02:16
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Art critic: After a lacquer work allegedly created by the artist Michiko Suganuma was discovered to be a forgery, museum curators removed it from display, declaring it to be a mere curiosity. Yet since these curators have claimed that a piece of decorative art should be judged only by its inherent properties, independently of its history, they were obviously inconsistent in their decision to remove the piece.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the art critic’s argument?
A. Tiny imperfections in the work’s layers of lacquer were what identified it as a forgery.
B. The lacquer work was created by an artist who has produced many decorative arts, but none highly sought after.
C. Other curators have claimed that a work of art can be judged by information about the artist’s career.
D. Detailed examination of the forgery revealed no significant differences from works of the same kind by Suganuma.
E. Though other works of equal quality are readily available, Suganuma’s works are still preferred by art collectors.
Which of the following, if true, would most seriously weaken the art critic’s argument?
A. Tiny imperfections in the work’s layers of lacquer were what identified it as a forgery.
B. The lacquer work was created by an artist who has produced many decorative arts, but none highly sought after.
C. Other curators have claimed that a work of art can be judged by information about the artist’s career.
D. Detailed examination of the forgery revealed no significant differences from works of the same kind by Suganuma.
E. Though other works of equal quality are readily available, Suganuma’s works are still preferred by art collectors.
26 May 2026, 03:01
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The critics' argument is that the museum curators have been inconsistent because they removed this when it was discovered as a forgery, but they are not looking at the inherent properties independently of its history, whereas in fact option A is talking about the imperfections in the work itself, and hence that is an inherent property. If this statement were to be true, then the critic's argument is incorrect, since the curators would be consistent with their methods of removal of this forgery.
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