Rebranding

I gave some thought to the predicament of the Terrus Museum in Elne, France the other day.

The predicament is that more than half of the 140 paintings supposedly the work of Etienne Terrus featured buildings constructed after the painter's death in 1922. The broader problem is that some other French museums might wind up to have been displaying forgeries, but that's for another day. I'm here to help the folks in Elne.

And my suggestion is that the change the name of the museum or the focus of its display. Rather than being a museum of art, they should change to become a museum of forgeries. They could keep the genuine stuff in its own wing with explanations and everything, but they would feature the best-executed forgeries on the planet.

Sure, that's not as highbrow as a museum of art might be, but it has the advantage of getting some use out of what would otherwise become useless canvas. Just sayin'.