Join FBI agent, bestselling author and art crime expert Robert K. Wittman for the inside stories of the multibillion-dollar world of art crime, where frauds, forgeries and fakes make up the biggest part of the business. Drawing on cases from his career with the FBI’s National Art Crime Team, he’ll share famous forgeries, from a fake Saudi sheikh with a fake Rembrandt to a fraud case that rocked Antiques Roadshow, plus how collectors can avoid buying a fake.

The Island Bookshop will be selling books at the event, with a book signing to follow. Free, no registration required. Seating is first come, first seated.

Part of the Off the Page Literary Celebration. The Friends of the Venice Public Library are proud to be the lead sponsor.