Mark Jones
Fairsnews
Comment: Scholarly research is flourishing but curators’ ability to judge an object’s quality is not
Why museums are falling victim to fakers: expertise is undervalued and in decline
By Mark Jones
Restitutionarchive
Restitution begins at home: an insider's analysis of the issue of restitution
The return of objects is not just an international issue—domestic claims can also offer insights.
Forgeriesarchive
Books: The fake’s progress from a sign of genius to a nefarious act... and back again
The history and scholarship of art forgery, and a faker’s delighted account of a life of deception
Fakes & copiesarchive
Studies of the Vermeer forger Van Meegeren and 19th-century literary counterfeits
Confusing, criminal, but very virile