Unseen
Art and Crime in Australia
$38.28
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2025
Summary
A riveting look at art thefts, fakes, forgeries, vandalism, ‘disappeared works’ and more
The Australian art world is often host to crime, including theft, fraud and forgeries. Unseen offers a unique insight into art crime in Australia from colonisation to today, focusing on those stories that have often escaped mainstream attention. From the many offences committed against William Dobell’s work (including a painting listed on the FBI’s National Stolen Art Fil…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923451902 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1923451901 |
| Author: | Penelope Jackson |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 434g |
| Dimensions: | 36mm x 234mm x 155mm |
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About The Author
Penelope Jackson
Dr Penelope Jackson MNZM is an award-winning art historian. She has published three books about art crime, including The Art of Copying Art (Palgrave Macmillan), which won Best Book in the 2023 Art Writing and Publishing Awards in the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand. A former public art gallery director and curator, Jackson was awarded a Sir William Dobell Fellowship at the Australian National University in 2024 and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2023 for her services to art crime research and the visual arts. She is an Adjunct Research Associate at Charles Sturt University.
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