Riah Pryor

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Riah’s talk will consider how the issue is prospering in today’s increasingly digital and international market. She will explore widespread media allegations that the art market’s ‘opaque and unregulated’ practices are to blame for such criminality, whilst revealing some of the (often humorous) realities of investigating it.

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Our museums and galleries are filled with artworks and antiques that have been saved by fundraisers, institutions and national support. [Audio version of article]

Interview with Riah Pryor

When a 71-year-old Mass­achu­setts fraudster was sentenced last month for selling an antique desk that he had embellished and presented as a piece of original Civil War memorabilia, his lawyers stressed the significance of his age as a factor to be considered in subsequent sentencing.

When two Manhattan antiquities dealers, Erdal Dere and Faisal Khan, were charged for using fraudulent provenance in September, the importance of confirming the validity of an object’s history was once again highlighted.

• A fascinating exploration of the murky world of international art crime • Riah Pryor’s unique experience as both art-market journalist and researcher at New Scotland Yard’s Art and Antiques Unit gives her unprecedented insight into these two worlds • Accessibly written for a general audience, and informed by new interviews with key experts