Charity Lecture in Support of Venice in Peril

Exclusive Art Crime Lecture in aid of Venice in Peril

Noah Charney

on

"Stealing the Mystic Lamb: the true story of the world’s most frequently stolen masterpiece"

and

Vernon Rapley

on

"The Art of Deception: the criminal use of fake and forged art, antiques and antiquities"

We are delighted to announce that author and international art crime expert, Noah Charney, will give the Venice in Peril Autumn Lecture to be held at The Royal Geographical Society on Thursday 1 October 2009, at 7pm. Entitled "Stealing the Mystic Lamb: the true story of the world’s most frequently stolen masterpiece", Noah will give an exclusive and original insight into Van Eyck’s Ghent Altarpiece, a work that has been involved in 13 crimes over its 600 year existence. An original speaker who returns for Venice in Peril due to a sell-out talk last year, Noah will be joined by Detective Sergeant Vernon Rapley. With a police career spanning 23 years, DS Rapley is head of London’s Metropolitan Police Art and Antiques Unit, a unit dedicated to policing the world’s second largest art market and which recovers, on average, £7million of stolen and laundered art each year.

Thursday 1st October 2009 at 7pm

Doors open at 6pm with public bar and garden

The Royal Geographical Society

1 Kensington Gore, London SW7

To book tickets please either:

Call the Venice in Peril office on 020 7736 6891 or

Email us at info@veniceinperil.org