Put on your detective caps! In this episode, Susan speaks with Dr. Laura Evans, Associate Professor of Art Education and Coordinator of the Art Museum Education Certificate in UNT's College of Visual Arts & Design. Professor Evans takes Susan on a journey into the world of art crime, covering the thefts of Edvard Munch's renowned painting The Scream, Francisco Goya's The Duke of Wellington, and other works by Renoir and Rembrant. She explains the sometimes surprising motivations behind these high profile thefts and describes the extraordinary sting operation that led to the recovery of one of these works.
After a discussion of how a prominent Texan art collector came to be fooled by one of the world's greatest art forgers, Dr. Evans shares some details of an international art crime themed trip she plans to lead in partnership with OLLI at UNT next year.
This episode was recorded on August 27, 2020.
To learn more about the OLLI at UNT travel opportunity being led by Dr. Evans, visit https://olli.unt.edu/travel.
To learn more about OLLI at UNT, please visit https://olli.unt.edu/ or email olli@unt.edu.
