TITLE:
Art & crime / Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm ; translated by Paul David Young.
Alternate Title:
Art and crime
Publication Date:
2020-2021
Publication Information:
New York : Seven Stories Press,
Physical Description:
xvii, 285 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
The art world is one of the most secretive of global businesses, and the list of its crimes runs long and deep. Today, with prices in the hundreds of millions for individual artworks, and billionaires' collections among the most conspicuous and liquid of their assets, crime is more rampant than ever in this largely unregulated universe. Increased prices and globalization have introduced new levels of fraud and malfeasance into the art world--everything from "artnapping," in which an artwork is held hostage and only returned for a ransom, to forgery and tax fraud. However, the extent of the economic and cultural damage that results from criminality in the global art scene rarely comes to light. The stories of high-stakes, brazen art crimes told by art experts Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm are by turns thrilling, disturbing, and unbelievable (the imagination for using art to commit crimes seems boundless).
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781644211199
General Note:
"The fight against looters, forgers, and fraudsters in the high-stakes art world"
