Art Crime with Arthur Tompkins: Van Gogh




RNZ: Saturday Morning show

Summary: Kim Hill talks to Arthur Tompkins, District Court Judge and editor of Art Crime and its Prevention: A Handbook for Collectors and Art Professionals. He has a special interest in crimes involving artistic masterpieces, and is writing a bi-monthly series of articles in the online magazine Versopolis about stolen masterpieces now back on public display. He discusses the history of Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr Gachet, and two stolen paintings by the artist found in a police raid in Italy.