Buying them is dumb
50% off new book: Real, Recent, or Replica: Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration
Posted on 29 April 2021
Joanna Ostapkowicz and Jonathan A. Hanna
Endangered heritage and illicit trade [podcast]
Posted on 15 March 2021
Maria Dahlström and I discuss a decapitated Buddha head and the illicit trade in antiquities
Free Book: Opportunities And Challenges Of The Art And Antiques Market Management
Posted on 9 March 2021
In English and Latvian, with a chapter by myself and a colleague.
PhDs in the Netherlands: accepting proposals again
Posted on 10 December 2020
PhDs are free here. Strong proposals about art and heritage crime welcome.
New Book: Provenance Research Today (with discount code)
Posted on 3 December 2020
Use code PRT20 for a 20% discount
Volunteers Wanted: Culture Crime News “Fill in the Blanks” Project
Posted on 17 November 2020
Help me share info about art and heritage crime with the world
Selling Fake Art: Do the Dealers Know?
Posted on 3 November 2020
Survey methods that could reveal socially unacceptable truths
No, the WCO report doesn’t show that ‘Business of Smuggling Cultural Property Is Not as Big as People Think’
Posted on 29 September 2020
It’s likely ‘smaller’ than people think, but the report doesn’t show that
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS “The Power of Things: Understanding relationships between objects and crime”
Posted on 25 September 2020
Contribute to our Online Conference and Edited Volume
It’s legal to set your antiquities collection on fire for a custom porn video
Posted on 9 August 2020
At least in many places. I swear this title has context.
Academics are doing a terrible job of influencing art market policy
Posted on 8 August 2020
It’s our fault when governments use pop media instead of our research