On the coffee table sits an abstract sculpture I didn’t dare ask about—maybe a hand, maybe a shell, maybe an organ. I’ve ...

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Les Roberts had just enough charisma—and more than enough chutzpah—to give the art world con game one more go.

You might think a guy with multiple splashy fraud convictions would have a hard time finding his way back into the art world con game. Turns out Les Roberts had just enough charisma—and more than ...