Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World
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Köp båda 2 för 1077 krThough mostly out of public view, art crime is a very lucrative global business. In introducing this collection of 20 essays by international interdisciplinary experts, Charney (Association for Research into Crimes Against Art) situates 'the quiet crime' in the contexts of organized crime, terrorist groups, and the need for better policing policies. Via case studies and interviews, he addresses disputes over ownership of cultural heritage and wartime plundered art, authenticity, and museum security. The volume includes statistics, reflections on why masterpieces matter, and art images. * Reference & Research Book News * a compelling collection that interrogates the evolution of art crime from the modern period to the present Recommended. Lower and upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, general readers. * Choice * A well-edited, useful, readable and (sadly) very much necessary collection. * PhiloBiblos, philobiblos.blogspot.com *
Noah Charney is an art historian by training and is the founding director of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA), a non-profit think tank and consultancy group on art crime prevention and solution. He has been written about internationally, including feature articles in the New York Times Magazine, Italy's Ventiquattro, Time Magazine, and has made appearances on National Public Radio, MSNBC, CNBC and ITV television, and many other news outlets. His novel, The Art Thief, was published in 2007 and has sold in sixteen other languages to date.