Charles Frederick Goldie is one of New Zealand's best-loved artists. His portraits of Maori have been the victims of theft, vandalism, and forgery for decades. Goldie's portraits remain highly prized and valuable. This article highlights and gives an overview of the art crime that Goldie's oeuvre attracts, and offers some explanations behind what has become a catalogue of illegal practice.
Penelope Jackson is the Director of the Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga, New Zealand. She holds an M. Phil (University of Queensland) in Art History and an MA (Hons) in Art History (University of Auckland). The author of Edward Bullmore: A Surrealist Odyssey (2008) and The Brown Years: Nigel Brown (2009), she has contributed to The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and journals including Art New Zealand, Art Monthly Australia, Studies in Travel Writing and Katherine Mansfield Studies.
You may read this article by subscribing to The Journal of Art Crime through the ARCA website.
You may read this article by subscribing to The Journal of Art Crime through the ARCA website.
Charles Frederick Goldie is one of New Zealand's best-loved artists. His portraits of Maori have been the victims of theft, vandalism, and forgery for decades. Goldie's portraits remain highly prized and valuable. This article highlights and gives an overview of the art crime that Goldie's oeuvre attracts, and offers some explanations behind what has become a catalogue of illegal practice.
Penelope Jackson is the Director of the Tauranga Art Gallery Toi Tauranga, New Zealand. She holds an M. Phil (University of Queensland) in Art History and an MA (Hons) in Art History (University of Auckland). The author of Edward Bullmore: A Surrealist Odyssey (2008) and The Brown Years: Nigel Brown (2009), she has contributed to The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and journals including Art New Zealand, Art Monthly Australia, Studies in Travel Writing and Katherine Mansfield Studies.
You may read this article by subscribing to The Journal of Art Crime through the ARCA website.
You may read this article by subscribing to The Journal of Art Crime through the ARCA website.
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