Penelope Jackson

Penelope Jane Jackson MNZM is a New Zealand art historian, curator, author and art crime expert. She is the chair of the New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust.

Jackson became curator of the Tauranga Art Gallery in 2003, and became its director in 2010. She resigned in 2015. Jackson has a PhD from Charles Sturt University, NSW, Australia.

Books

Jackson is the author of four books: "Art Thieves, Fakes & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story", published in 2016, "Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime", published in 2019, and "The Art of Copying Art", published in 2022, UNSEEN: Art and Crime in Australia (Monash UP).

Recognition

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.

Personal life

She married her husband in 1985. They have a daughter, who is an art historian, and a son.

References

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.
↑ Thomas, Rod (2026). "Rod Thomas reviews UNSEEN Art and Crime in Australia, Penelope Jackson (Monash University Publishing, 2025) 299 pages". doi.org. Retrieved 15 October 2026.

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[:0-1] 1 2 "New Year honours list 2023". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[2] "Penelope Jackson – expert on art crime". RNZ. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[3] 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.

[4] "Our trustees". The New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[5] "2024 programmes: Penelope Jackson". Auckland Writers Festival. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[NZHerald-6] 1 2 3 "Back page: Penelope Jackson talks art crime in New Zealand". The New Zealand Herald. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

[Houpt-7] 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.

[8] Jackson, Penelope (2016). Art Thieves, Fakers & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story. Awa Press. pp. 70–79. ISBN 9781927249512.

[9] Thomas, Rod (2026). "Rod Thomas reviews UNSEEN Art and Crime in Australia, Penelope Jackson (Monash University Publishing, 2025) 299 pages". doi.org. Retrieved 15 October 2026.