{"product_id":"the-picasso-ransom-and-other-stories-about-art-and-crime-in-australia-9780646873077","title":"The Picasso Ransom: and other stories about art and crime in Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003eA collection of forty-five true-crime stories about the visual arts in Australia: art theft, art forgery, art censorship, art vandalism, and protest art. The title comes from the famous artnapping of Picasso's Weeping Woman from the National Gallery of Victoria. One of the artnapper's demands was an art prize called 'The Picasso Ransom'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile that crime is famous, others stories of crimes, from the colonial to the contemporary, have faded from memory. Amongst them is the first break-in at the Adelaide Art Gallery, an entire exhibition of forged Pollocks, art prosecuted as pornography, decapitated statues, and burnt flags. There are great artists, including Renoir, Rover Thomas, Brett Whitely and Albert Tucker and some notorious criminals, including Murray Farquar, Steven Sellers, and Carl Williams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is based on extensive research in newspaper archives, observing trials, interviews, and decades of experience in the art world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark S. Holsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark S Holsworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780646873077\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolsworth, Mark S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mark S. Holsworth is the author of Sculptures of Melbourne, the long-running blog Black Mark, articles, short stories, plays, and various hack writing jobs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark S Holsworth","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43332843208819,"sku":"9.78065E+12","price":21.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d4d7350c-4d0d-4e15-b568-b88581d87ba3.jpg?v=1754657395","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-picasso-ransom-and-other-stories-about-art-and-crime-in-australia-9780646873077","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}