Penelope Jackson is an art historian and curator based in New Zealand. A former gallery director, Jackson is a founding trustee of the New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust. She is the author of Art Thieves, Fakers & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story (2016) and has contributed to the Journal of Art Crime and Art Crime and its Prevention (2016). Jackson has curated major exhibitions, including: award-winning Corrugations: The Art of Jeff Thomson (2013), The Lynley Dodd Story (2015), An Empty Frame: Crimes of Art in New Zealand (2016) and Katherine Mansfield: A Portrait (2018).
1. Introduction: Writing Alternative Art Histories.- 2. Lady Destroyers.- 3. The Mothers of All Art Crimes.- 4. She Vandals.- 5. The Art of the Con[wo]man.- 6. The Light Fingered.- 7. Naming Rights.- 8. The Professionals.- 9. Afterword: Making a Noise About the Silence.
1. Introduction: Writing Alternative Art Histories.- 2. Lady Destroyers.- 3. The Mothers of All Art Crimes.- 4. She Vandals.- 5. The Art of the Con[wo]man.- 6. The Light Fingered.- 7. Naming Rights.- 8. The Professionals.- 9. Afterword: Making a Noise About the Silence.
