Forgery, Falsification & Theft of Artworks

In June 1879, Royal MS 16 E VIII, a unique 13th-century manuscript, vanished from the Round Reading Room of the British Museum after being returned...

The debate about the return of cultural assets to former colonial territories is highly topical and at the same time much older than most assume. ...

A funny, gripping and perfectly balanced blend of P.G. Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh and Graham Greene IndependentHighly enjoyable read SpectatorAnthony ...

The Washington Principles of 1998 call for just and fair solutions in handling Nazi-looted art. At that same time, Austria was the only European st...

Long-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world, and its mystifying authentication processLate one afternoon ...

Introducing an unprecedented fusion of AI and storytelling, a groundbreaking art book that will take you on a journey through vivid and surreal vis...

A pacy legal thriller, packed with a colourful cast of characters TelegraphLong-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of...

This book proposes a transversal approach to art, perceived less as a financial asset class than a source of immediate felicity. It will be of inte...

An intriguing investigation into over 50 elusive artworks that were stolen and never recovered.Mona Lisa, Starry Night, Birth of Venus. People trav...

25 years after the publication of the Joint Declaration, in which the Federal Republic of Germany committed itself to the Washington Principles in ...

For as long as historical annals have been kept, they have recorded the frauds and fakes that have been imposed upon innocent dupes. Perhaps the ea...

Mapping out the world's infamous art thefts, forgeries, and acts of vandalism, this unique and visually striking reference illuminates the prevalen...

The Thief tells the story of Niels Heidenreich, the mastermind behind the theft of the audacious theft of the Golden Horns, cultural treasures so r...

An illustrated survey of artist hoaxes, including impersonations, fabula, cryptoscience, and forgeries, researched and written by an expert fictive...

Italian Forgers takes an unorthodox approach to the fascinating topic of art forgery, focusing not on art forgery per se, but on the major forgery ...

*#1 New York Times bestseller* *Shortlisted for The ALCS Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction*'A breath-taking read, as compelling as a Highsmith nove...

Over the past 20 years, the Restitution Commission in the Netherlands has had a decisive influence on international restitution practice relating t...

In many contemporary societies we encounter iconoclasm breaking out with renewed violence. Iconoclastic actions against objects of visual material ...

Torn Modernism illuminates an important moment in the history of the Kunstmuseum Basel's collection. In 1937 the Nazi cultural policy denounced tho...

In 1998, France was one of the 44 signatory states of the Washington Declaration. This study examines to what extent the Republic has fulfilled its...

In der Schweiz hat sich seit der Unterzeichnung der Washingtoner Erklärung von 1998 mangels einheitlicher Standards eine im Kern amorphe und kontur...

Exquisite... intelligent, illuminating, mischievous delightful The TimesThe acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts introduces us...

Through much of its history, Italy was Europes heart of the arts, an artistic playground for foreign elites and powers who bought, sold, and someti...

'Probing, jargon-free and written with the pace of a detective story... [Procter] dissects western museum culture with such forensic fury that it m...

Art looting is commonly recognized as a central feature of Nazi expropriation, in both the Third Reich and occupied territories. After the war, the...

In The Optickal Illusion, Rachel Halliburtons meticulous recreation of Georgian society reveals the sordid details of a genuine scandal that deceiv...

In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the...

Im Jahr 1998 unterzeichnen 42 Staaten die Washingtoner Prinzipien. Es werden gerechte und faire Lösungen gefordert und dazu die Schaffung innerstaa...

The worlds most renowned art forger reveals the secrets behind his decades of painting like the Mastersexposing an art world that is far more corru...

'Taking without taste, without choice, is ignorance and near vandalism. The French Directory to Napoleon Bonaparte, 1796 Napoleons Plunder chron...

What should be done about cultural property confiscated in the Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR? This legal appraisal commissioned by the Deutsch...