Provenance and The Art Thief In-Person / Online
Join Hood Museum of Art curator of collections Ashley Offill for an exploration of forgeries, theft, and looting in the art world in connection with Michael Finkel's The Art Thief. Learn more about provenance, scientific analysis, and other tools that scholars and detectives use to solve these art-related mysteries.
This program will be held in the Mayer Room, and is hybrid. No registration is required to attend in person. To attend by Zoom, register here to receive the invitation.
Ashley Offill is an art historian who specializes in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, with a focus on sculpture and architecture associated with the cult of saints and relics. Ashley comes to the Hood Museum from the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, where she most recently was the coordinator for administrative and academic projects. Ashley completed her PhD in art history at the University of Kansas, where she also earned her MA. She holds a BA in English and art history from Texas Christian University. In both her museum practice and her higher-education teaching experience, she centers works of art as sites of inquiry, interpretation, and connection in order to foster engagement with a variety of audiences.
- Date:
- Thursday, July 24, 2025
- Time:
- 6:30pm - 7:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Mayer Room
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/sl-otKiOQMe7NDO_m7YBzA
- Categories:
- Adult