Episode 88 - Art Crimes
Cue the tense cinematic score. We’re talking about art crimes, both solved and unsolved! Heists, forgeries, and criminal masterminds abound, as we discuss the “value” of art, and why the black market for art and antiquities continues to thrive.
To learn more, check out:
8 of the Most Notorious Art Forgeries in History (Mental Floss)
Museum's Collection Of Purported Dead Sea Scroll Fragments Are Fakes, Experts Say (NPR)
All of the Museum of the Bible’s Dead Sea Scrolls Are Fake, Report Finds (Smithsonian)
The Ten Most Notorious Art Forgers Of All Time (Sleek)
Family of forgers fooled art world with array of finely crafted fakes (The Independent)
Diary of the Hitler Diary Hoax (New Yorker)
Schtonk! (Wikipedia)
The Global Fight Against Black Market Antiquities Intensifies (The Medialine)
Networks can stop the black-market antiquities trade (ShareAmerica.gov)
Are amazon and ebay the new black market? Archaeologists warn against ancient artifacts sold online (Newsweek)
Illegal trade in antiquities: a scourge that has gone on for millennia too long (The Conversation)
The Archaeologist as Titan (New York Times)
Photo credit: “Hitler’s diaries discovered” cover of Stern, via Wikimedia.
