David Bowie and William Boyd Invented an Artist and Hoaxed the Art World

Boyd’s bio of artist Nat Tate was read by Bowie at Jeff Koons’ NY studio. But, unfortunately, it was all a lie.

Jason Ward
ILLUMINATION-Curated
4 min readJan 31, 2022

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Photograph: Steve Azzara/Corbis Sygma

Nat Tate was an American artist who lived from 1928 till his suicide in 1960. When Scottish novelist William Boyd wrote a biography about him, the launch…

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Jason Ward
ILLUMINATION-Curated

Freelance Writer, Author, Journalist for 30 years. Mostly lives in Asia. www.jasonwardwriter.com, thewordofward@gmail.com Top writer in History and Culture.