Post from Norway: Kvalheim accused of selling fake Hamsun and Ibsen documents

by Therese Veier, ARCA Blog Norwegian Correspondent Geir Ove Kvalheim has been indicted by Økokrim, Norway’s art crime unit, accused of comm...

Forgery in South Africa: The Story of Frans Claerhout

A 'fake' by Toby Orford Higher prices for art are an inevitable sign of emerging market maturity – and also widespread crim...

"Fakes, Forgeries and the Art of Deception": A Lecture at the Smithsonian by Colette Loll Marvin

Independent curator and researcher Colette Loll Marvin is lecturing on "Fakes, Forgeries and the Art of Deception" at the Smithson...

Courtney McWhorter on the “Perception of Forgery According to the Role of Art”

by Jessica Graham Nielsen ARCA welcomed one of the newest scholars to the field, Courtney McWhorter, as she presented her paper on the “Perc...

Sarah Zimmer on “The Investigation of Object TH 1988.18: Rembrandt’s 100 Guilder Print”

By Kirsten Hower, ARCA Intern Sarah Zimmer is a part-time faculty member at the Art Institute of Michigan’s Photography department and teach...

Duncan Chappell on “Forgery of Australian Aboriginal Art”

Duncan Chappell by Molly Cotter, ARCA Intern Professor Duncan Chappell, Chair of the Centre of Excellence in Policing and Security Internati...

Courthouse News Service Reports from the Federal Court in Manhattan that a Gallery has been sued for $6.5 million for "overvalued and phony" Russian paintingsvaluation of Russian paintings

Courthouse News Service , a Pasadena, California-based news organization, has reported that a Manhattan Gallery has been sued for $6.5 milli...

Laurie Rush, Duncan Chappell, and Phyllis Callina will be on the panel "Perspectives on Forgery and the Local Impact of Heritage Crime" at ARCA's Third Annual International Art Crime Conference in Amelia on July 9

The second panel at ARCA's Third Annual International Art Crime Conference in Amelia on July 9th and 10th will be titled "Perspecti...