Arts review: Masterful ‘Dear Liar’ is one not to be missed - Niagara Now

Institutions, especially well-resourced museums, foundations, and cultural organizations, have no excuse for relying on generative tools instead of paying writers. Reading art writing shouldn't feel like this. (edit Valentina Di Liscia/Hyperallergic; video Getty Images, photo public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Be honest for a second: we all tell lies from time to time, whether it's fibbing about the reason we’re late or telling a loved one they look fab in that expensive new outfit when actually we think the opposite. Research from the 1990s found that for most of us, this amounts to about one or two lies per day on average. These lies are usually quite harmless, though, and most of the time we do our best to tell the truth.

The best liars keep things simple. After all, when you begin practising the art of deception, you can easily end up in a tangled web, lost in your own lies. But simplifying your lies is easier said than done. One lie begets another. Entire backstories need to be prepared and remembered. New fabrications might be required at a moment’s notice depending on where the line of questioning goes.