Analyzing Nazi-era provenance gaps with ChatGPT

Detecting looted art and forgery with help from ChatGPT

 Formulating questions for an AI Chatbot can be a good way to clarify issues and methodologies.

In the conversation below, I ask ChatGPT for help in detecting patterns in the false provenances of looted art and forgeries that have been identified and debunked. ChatGPT reformulates the questions and adds some insights that can be useful. 

(Introduction to a series on analyzing provenance with ChatGPT)

Can you help me to detect looted art and forgery?

Q?

Frank Perls and Degas posthumous art

"the posthumous impressions from his canceled plates by the Frank Perls Gallery began after 1939 some twenty-two years after Edgar Degas' death in 1917."

"Edgar Degas died in 1917. The ten so-called "sculptures in bronze" and "etchings" in the Denver Art Museum's February 11 to May 2018 Degas: A Passion for Perfection exhibition were posthumously cast and impressed after 1919 till as late as 1981, some 2 to 64 years after Edgar Degas' death in 1917."

read full article :

Degas: A Passion for FAKES at the Denver Art Museum

GARY ARSENEAU

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Related reading:

https://rosettaapp.getty.edu/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=FL4157601

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/152785/the-lecturer-le-lecteur


http://garyarseneau.blogspot.com/2013/03/degas-forgeries-bait-and-switch-at.html

http://garyarseneau.blogspot.com/2018/03/making-wrong-impression-arthur-ross.html

Tracking Looted Art 2: Sothebys Sales of Restituted Artworks as Data

The provenances of artworks restituted to Jewish families  plundered by Nazis contain valuable information for the art historian and Holocaust scholar.

Questions:

• Which transactions occur between the seizure/sale under the Nazis and the restitution?
• Which names appear in these transactions?
• How often do they appear?

Part of the series:  Tracking Nazi-looted art dealers: Restitutions as data

This post looks a a simple method for identifying the names of these buyers and sellers for further analysis. In this example, we look at the provenances of artworks sold at Sothebys after they were restituted to their original owners or their heirs.

How are citation networks used to uncover disinformation?

Citation networks can be used to uncover disinformation by revealing patterns of information flow within a particular domain or community. 

By analyzing the connections between different sources and the way that they reference and cite each other, it is possible to identify clusters of closely related information and to trace the origins and evolution of particular ideas or narratives. 

This can be helpful in detecting and debunking disinformation, as it can reveal the sources of false or misleading information and help to identify the ways in which it is being disseminated and propagated. 

Additionally, by analyzing the overall structure and dynamics of a citation network, it is possible to identify key influencers and gatekeepers who may be playing a role in the spread of disinformation.

- ChatGPT January 9, 2022

in answer to the question: 

How are citation networks used to uncover disinformation?