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Book Review

Bone Rooms by Samuel J. Redman

Posted on 22 February 2016

The tense and fascinating history of the collection of human remains at American museums.

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A Fool and His Monet by Sandra Orchard

Posted on 15 February 2016

A fun first novel in a new mystery series featuring an FBI Art Crime Team agent.

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The Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Property by Laurie Rush and Luisa Benedettini Millington

Posted on 7 February 2016

All about the world’s most stylish art cops.

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A Savage Country by Paul Moon

Posted on 11 January 2016

The sale of preserved human heads for the European curio market in context.

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Fallen Glory by James Crawford

Posted on 4 January 2016

The ‘death’ of 20 of history’s most important buildings.

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Faking Ancient Mesoamerica by Nancy L. Kelker and Karen O. Bruhns

Posted on 14 December 2015

This book will ruin you. You MUST read it.

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Disappearing Ink by Travis McDade

Posted on 6 December 2015

Years of library and archive theft go unnoticed at a University; despair for our print collections.

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Bog Bodies Uncovered by Miranda Aldhouse-Green

Posted on 30 November 2015

Preserved ancient human sacrifice victims as crime scenes to investigate? Yes please.

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An Object of Beauty by Steve Martin

Posted on 21 November 2015

Steve Martin wrote an art world novel and you should just read it already.

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The Collector’s Cabinet by Marc Allum

Posted on 14 November 2015

99 textual “curiosities” from the world of collecting

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The Art of the Con by Anthony M. Amore

Posted on 7 November 2015

Where there’s money, there are con artists. A collection of astounding art fraud cases.

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The Scientist and the Forger by Jehane Ragai

Posted on 30 October 2015

If you work in art in any capacity, you NEED a primer on art science.

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