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“The Most Famous Art Detective in the World” – with ex-FBI Legend Robert Wittman
Manage episode 387747981 series 170555
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Summary
Robert Wittman (Website; Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his career and the FBI’s Art Crime Team. Bob recovered over $300 million worth of stolen art and cultural property over the course of his career.
What You’ll Learn
Intelligence
- How the FBI’s Art Crime Team (ACT) was formed
- The intelligence angle when investigating provenance
- Living and working undercover abroad
- Museums & Intelligence
Reflections
- The importance of cultural property
- Questions of ownership and belonging
And much, much more …
Quotes of the Week
“The motivation for writing the book was to get the word out how important cultural heritage is. It really is important to make the public realize that this is an important program that should be supported by law enforcement both local and federal.” – Robert Wittman.
Resources
SURFACE SKIM
*Featured Resource*
- Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures, R. Wittman (Crown Publishing, 2011)
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*Beginner Resources*
- Why art gets stolen time and again, R. Pryor, The Art Newspaper (2020) [Short article]
- FBI Art Theft Program, FBI, YouTube (2013) [6 min. video]
- What is cultural property?, Information and Heritage Inspectorate (n.d.) [Short article]
DEEPER DIVE
Primary Sources
- Crystal Sphere, Collection of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
- Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose, Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- The Concert, Collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- The Rosenberg Diary, Collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Museums and the theft of works of art (1973)
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Summary
Robert Wittman (Website; Twitter) joins Andrew (Twitter; LinkedIn) to discuss his career and the FBI’s Art Crime Team. Bob recovered over $300 million worth of stolen art and cultural property over the course of his career.
What You’ll Learn
Intelligence
- How the FBI’s Art Crime Team (ACT) was formed
- The intelligence angle when investigating provenance
- Living and working undercover abroad
- Museums & Intelligence
Reflections
- The importance of cultural property
- Questions of ownership and belonging
And much, much more …
Quotes of the Week
“The motivation for writing the book was to get the word out how important cultural heritage is. It really is important to make the public realize that this is an important program that should be supported by law enforcement both local and federal.” – Robert Wittman.
Resources
SURFACE SKIM
*Featured Resource*
- Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures, R. Wittman (Crown Publishing, 2011)
*SpyCasts*
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- Why art gets stolen time and again, R. Pryor, The Art Newspaper (2020) [Short article]
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- What is cultural property?, Information and Heritage Inspectorate (n.d.) [Short article]
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- Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
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