The Four Major Art Crimes

Noah Charney recently published a good article on the Art Info website about the four major categories of Art Crime and how the crimes impact the art market. Charney states in the article that "the largest victim of art crime is the art trade. This multi-billion-dollar legitimate industry is victimized to the tune of a conservatively estimated $6 billion per year, most of which goes into the pockets of organized crime." The categories include vandalism, forgery/deceptions (which includes wholesale forgery, alteration forgery, provenance forgery, and willful misattribution), art theft, and antiquities looting.

The article is short, yet gives some good insight into art theft. To read the Artinfo article click HERE.