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In Focus: Crime in the Museum
One-day course
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Explore the fascinating relationship between art and crime at the V&A. Take a fresh perspective on the world of museum and explore themes of forgery and theft as they relate to the museum. Expert lecturers address the world of crime fiction, forgeries in manuscript and metalwork, and criminality on show in the V&A’s galleries.
This study day will include sessions ranging from lectures to object handling sessions, gallery tours to object spotlights!
This day will also be taking place on Wednesday 9 April 2025. Both days are identical and relate to the Spring course Art and Crime: Forgeries, Theft and Fraud.
This study day will include sessions ranging from lectures to object handling sessions, gallery tours to object spotlights!
This day will also be taking place on Wednesday 9 April 2025. Both days are identical and relate to the Spring course Art and Crime: Forgeries, Theft and Fraud.
Course Leader
Dr Kathy McLauchlan
Kathy graduated at Oxford University and the Courtauld Institute. In 2001 she completed a PhD thesis on French painters in Rome during the 19th century. A lecturer specialising in 19th-century art history, she is currently a course director at the V&A, where she organises courses and study days on the history of art and design.
Please pass on my congratulations to Kathy and her whole team for such a brilliant course. Previous V&A Academy Course Attendee
Course overview
Explore the fascinating relationship between art and crime at the V&A. Expert speakers explore questions of forgery and theft as they relate to the museum’s collections.
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One-day course: In Focus: Crime in the Museum
24 February 2025
£200.00
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Header image: Anonymous pictorial advertisement for Zog, a cleaning product for white painted surfaces. Great Britain, circa 1890-1910. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London