Penelope Jackson

Penelope Jane Jackson[1] MNZM is a New Zealand art historian, curator, author and art crime expert.[2][3] She is a trustee of the New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust.[4][5]
Jackson became curator of the Tauranga Art Gallery in 2003, and became its director in 2010. She quit in 2015.[6][7]
Books
[edit]Jackson is the author of three books: "Art Thieves, Fakes & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story", published in 2016,[6][8] "Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime", published in 2019, and "The Art of Copying Art", published in 2022.[7]
Recognition
[edit]In the 2023 New Year Honours, Jackson was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to art crime research and visual arts.[1][7]
Personal life
[edit]She married her husband around 1985. They have a daughter, who is an art historian, and a son.[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "New Year honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ↑ "Penelope Jackson – expert on art crime". RNZ. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ↑ Ainge Roy, Eleanor (2 February 2017). "New Zealand's surprising history of art crime: 'I continue to be flabbergasted'". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ↑ "Our trustees". The New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ↑ "2024 programmes: Penelope Jackson". Auckland Writers Festival. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- 1 2 3 "Back page: Penelope Jackson talks art crime in New Zealand". The New Zealand Herald. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- 1 2 3 Houpt, Emma (31 December 2022). "'What more could you want?': Tauranga art historian acknowledged in New Year Honours". Bay of Plenty Times. Retrieved 19 April 2026.
- ↑ Jackson, Penelope (2016). Art Thieves, Fakers & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story. Awa Press. pp. 70–79. ISBN 9781927249512.