The next Toronto-GTA Chapter dinner meeting and presentation will take place on Wednesday evening February 8 at the Hotel Indigo Toronto Airport, 135 Carlingview Drive, Toronto. Registration and networking begins at 1715 hours and dinner will be served promptly at 1815 hours.
The topic of our presentation this month will be " The Art Detective." The business of art is neither regulated nor particularly respectable and it has been described by one art detective as "one of the most corrupt and dirtiest industries on the planet." You will hear the truth of this fact and more during this presentation. From famous artworks to not so famous artworks, theft and illicit trading of art is a multi-billion international business. You will hear first hand accounts of the story of international art theft from the point of view of law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Scotland Yard, the Los Angeles Police Department as well as security staff from museums like The Getty Museum in Los Angeles. This is a global problem being tackled by only a few detectives and security officials.
About our Speaker: Joshua Knelman is an award-winning journalist and editor. He was a founding editorial member of the Walrus Magazine and his writing has appeared in Toronto Life, Saturday Night, the National Post and the Globe and Mail. Knelman's feature article "Artful Crimes" in The Walrus won a gold National Magazine Award. Joshua lives in Toronto and is also co-author of Four Letter Word:New Love Letter. His fascinating and gripping new book "Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art was released last fall.
