Crimes of the Art World
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Crimes of the Art World

  1. 244 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Crimes of the Art World

About this book

This book offers a revealing look at the full scope of criminal activity in the art world—a category of crime that is far more pervasive than is generally realized. Forgeries, fakes, fencing, and felony theft—all are pervasive problems in the world of art, where the stakes are high, the networks wide, and the consequences profound. In recent years, suspicious acquisitions, unreliable provenances, and shady dealers have found their way into the headlines as museums and private collections have been confronted with everything from fake pieces to stolen antiquities to plain old theft and vandalism. Crimes of the Art World captures the full scope of this staggeringly lucrative field of criminal conduct, showing how its impact reaches well beyond the walls of the museum. Filled with fascinating stories of crime and greed, this revealing volume looks at case after case of thefts, forgeries, fakes, and illicit trafficking, as well as the political/religious victimization of art, white-collar art crime, and vandalism. The book examines each type of crime in terms of frequency, losses, and characteristics of victims and criminals. Concluding chapters focus on preventive measures, art crime investigation, and security issues.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780313360473
eBook ISBN
9780313360480

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Boxes, Figures, and Tables
  6. Preface
  7. 1 Art and Crime?
  8. 2 Art Theft
  9. 3 Art Theft Continued: Selected Cases
  10. 4 Art Forgeries and Fakes
  11. 5 Art Theft and Destruction: The Perils of Wars and Civil/Religious Unrest
  12. 6 Stealing the Past: The Looting of Cultural-Heritage Objects
  13. 7 White-Collar Crime in the Art World
  14. 8 Vandalism and Malicious Destruction
  15. 9 Responding to Art Crime
  16. 10 Security and Prevention: The Best Response to Art Crime
  17. Appendix A. Common Art-Object Categories: Definitions
  18. Appendix B. Selected Art-Loss Databases
  19. Selected Bibliography
  20. Notes
  21. Index