Forgery, falsification & theft of artworks books

If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again.  Read More >>

Smuggling the Renaissance: The Illicit Export of Artworks Out of Italy, 1861-1909 offers an account of the dynamics...  Read More >>

Featuring international contributions from leading and emerging scholars, this innovative Research Handbook presents...  Read More >>

The riveting story of Hitler's obsession with art, how it fueled his vision of a purified Nazi state, and the fate...  Read More >>

Thrilling narrative history describing how France's museum staff protected Leonardo da Vinci's Joconde - and her...  Read More >>

This handbook showcases studies on art theft, fraud and forgeries, cultural heritage offences and related legal...  Read More >>

Providing extensive documentation, the book examines the mechanics, trials and tribulations of plundering the Ottoman...  Read More >>

The stunning debut novel framed by envy, lust and corruption at the heart of London's eighteenth century art world...  Read More >>

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A compelling exploration of the many issues surrounding the restoration and restitution of Nazi-stolen art at the...  Read More >>

A team of 16 experts underline the binds and exchanges between different contexts and artistic techniques that copies...  Read More >>

A compelling true story of art and beauty, intrigue and ingenuity, and remarkable moral courage in the darkest of...  Read More >>

Monuments Men-style true story of the men and women of France's Musees Nationaux in the Second World War.  Read More >>

Das Buch widmet sich Hitlers Verteilungsprogramm eingezogener Kunstsammlungen, das der Diktator nach dem „Anschluss“...  Read More >>

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The riveting account of how Britain's most prolific and versatile forger hoodwinked the art world.  Read More >>

Arthur Tompkins presents examples of art crimes from wars through history, including the Fourth Crusade, the Napoleonic...  Read More >>

For readers of The Monuments Men and The Hare with Amber Eyes, the story of the Nazis' systematic pillaging of Europe's...  Read More >>

This book offers a clear, accessible account of the American litigation over the restitution of works of art taken...  Read More >>

Whiteley on Trial investigates a remarkable court case and exposes the avarice of the art world, the disdain for...  Read More >>

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Dealing Art on Both Sides of the Atlantic, 1860-1940 aims to bring the marketplace dynamic into sharper focus by...  Read More >>