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ART CRIME NEWS

Masters in International Art Crime Studies ARCA (the Association for Research into Crimes against Art) is pleased to announce the establishment of a new Masters program in the study of art crime.  This interdisciplinary program will be taught by distinguished visiting lecturers, who have designed courses on various aspects of art crime within their areas of expertise.

This program, held in Italy, is for professional training as well as for students.  To maximize the convenience for professionals and students alike, ARCA has devised an unusual format.  Though the program will include more lecture hours than standard 9-month long MA programs, the lectures will be condensed into a teaching-intensive 3-month summer course of study.  The taught portion of the first program will begin on May 25, 2009 and run through Aug 31, with a dissertation due November 1.

The following courses will be included, all designed with particular reference to the study of art crime:

Criminology
The History of Art
The History of Art Crime
Art Policing and Investigation
Criminalistics: Organized Crime and Criminal Investigation
Art Conservation, Connoisseurship, and Museums
International Comparative Policing, Law, and Policy
Archaeological Crime: Antiquities Looting and Smuggling
Art Handling, Security, and Museums
Forgery, Deception, and the Art World
The Organisation of Art Crime: Villains in Art and Artful Villains

Among others, lecturers will include:
Dennis Ahern, Director of Security, the Tate Museums, UK Noah Charney, Director, ARCA, Italy Bojan Dobovsek, University of Maribor, Slovenia Petrus van Duyne, University of Tilburg, the Netherlands Patricia Garland, Conservator, Yale University Art Gallery, USA Travis McDade, University of Illinois Law School, USA Andrea Pizzi, Attorney, Italy

All courses will be taught in English.  The public is welcome to sign up for individual courses, rather than the entire program.  Selected lectures will be available as podcasts on ARCA’s website, www.artcrime.info.

The location for this program is the beautiful Umbrian town of Amelia, just thirty minutes from Rome.  Amelia boasts a major archaeology museum, palaces, excellent restaurants, gorgeous architecture, and a friendly, small-town atmosphere.  For more information on the program and how to apply, please see www.artcrime.info/education. For queries, contact ma@artcrime.info.

Annual Art Crime Conference
In the midst of the Masters program, ARCA will hold the first of a new annual conference series on the study of art crime.  The goal of the conference is to bring together academics, police, lawyers, and art professionals of different nations to collaborate on the subject of art protection and recovery.  The next conference will be held in Amelia, Italy in July of 2009.  More information will be available in the Autumn at www.artcrime.info.

Crime in the Art World
ARCA will be publishing a collection of essays on art crime with Praeger Press in 2009.  This collection will be of interest not only to criminologists, but to professionals in the various fields affected by art crime.  For more information, please see www.artcrime.info/publications.

Journal of Art Crime
ARCA is also pleased to announce the publication of the Journal of Art Crime, the first peer-reviewed academic journal in the interdisciplinary study of art crime.  This twice-yearly publication welcomes articles from both academics and professionals related to art crime, its history, and its repercussions.  Relevant fields include criminology, law, art history, history, sociology, policing, security, archaeology, and conservation.

Each issue of the Journal of Art Crime will include academic essays subject to anonymous peer review.  It will also include book and exhibition reviews, conference write-ups, capsule summaries of major recent art crimes, and editorial columns.  The Journal welcomes submissions or proposals for any of the aforementioned.  A Call for Papers is open now for the first issue, which will be published in the Spring of 2009.  For more information and subscriptions, please see www.artcrime.info/publications or email editor@artcrime.info.