A Winter Series: An Introduction to Art History — Final Lecture

Join Dr. Penelope Jackson for the final lecture, An Introduction to Art History, on Wednesday 1 Jul 2026, 5.30–7.00pm.  

Take advantage of the discounted rate to attend the last remaining lecture in the series. City parking is free after 5pm. 

Please note this is the same lecture series that was presented in 2025 at the University of Waikato. 

What to expect:

Week Four: Art and Crime
Art history is not always a pretty picture. Often referred to as the ‘dark side’, art crime captures fraud, theft and vandalism. A relatively new discipline, art crime has been excluded from mainstream art histories, and yet, is very much part of the art world.

Dr. Penelope Jackson
Former Toi Tauranga Art Gallery Director and Curator, Dr Penelope Jackson MNZM has published four books about art crime as well as numerous exhibition catalogues and art historical articles. In 2023, she was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her contribution to art crime research and the visual arts. Penelope is an Adjunct Research Associate of Charles Sturt University, Australia. She lives in Tauranga and more recently has curated exhibitions for the National Army Museum, Waiouru, and the New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington.