SAT, APRIL 12, 10:30am

Murder and Fraud in Art Investigations

Nick Petraco, Forensic Expert & Consultant and Art Fraud Investigator in conversation with Helen A. Harrison

Noted forensic expert, author, and professor, Nick Petraco has worked on thousands of forensic investigations including homicides, suicides, accidental deaths, arson, explosion, terrorist attacks, assault, burglary and robbery, insurance fraud; kidnapping, sex crimes, child abuse; as well as art fraud, stolen art identification, art authentication, and historical preservation cases.

Professor Petraco specializes in laboratory analysis of forensic evidence, trace evidence, art authentication as well as Crime Scene Investigation, and Crime Scene and Event Reconstruction. He will join author Helen A. Harrison in discussing his work and the authentication of the last Jackson Pollack painting.