Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Just finished Thirteen Perfect Fugitives by Geoff Kelly—and it’s one of the most compelling true crime memoirs I’ve ever read. Geoff isn’t just a brilliant FBI case agent—he’s also one of the funniest people I’ve ever worked with, and that sharp wit comes through on every page. 100
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026When collector confidence breaks, living artists pay the price. The recent Broadview article on forged Norval Morrisseau works reveals more than a fraud scandal — it shows how damaged trust harms today’s artists. broadview.org/fake-morriss...broadview.orgForged Morrisseaus are hurting today’s Indigenous artists | Broadview MagazineDecades of art fraud have undermined trust in the Woodland School and threatened the livelihoods of living creators 100
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 29/11/2025My years undercover taught me one thing: forgery isn’t clever. It’s corrosive. As New York Times reporter Ephrat Livni detailed this week, the Tokushima Modern Art Museum in Japan confirmed that a painting long believed to be by Jean Metzinger was in fact a forgery. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...nytimes.comAftershocks of an Art Crime Reverberate in Japan 132
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Ever gone undercover to recover Dorothy’s ruby slippers? I have. On Art in Brief, Dave Bass and I talk with Paris Sistilli and Andrea Konigs about FBI stings, high-end art forgery, and why we started @artlegacyinstitute.bsky.social to protect artists and their work. itsartlaw.org/podcast-art-... 111
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 29/07/2025I spent 20 years chasing art criminals with the FBI Art Crime Team. We were always showing up after the damage was done. So we started something new for artists. If you care about art, artists, and the weird world of art crime—I’d love to hear what you think. www.fastcompany.com/91364175/ron...fastcompany.comHe went undercover to catch art thieves. Now he’s using tech to stop forgeriesAfter decades with the FBI’s Art Crime Team, Ronnie Walker launched the Art Legacy Institute to protect artists before their work gets forged or stolen, rather than after. 010
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Major art heist update out of France: 11 paintings worth over €3M—including Bernard Buffet's iconic Clown—were stolen from a private collector in Gers back in December. A violent home invasion shocked the quiet town of Condom. www.ladepeche.fr/2025/07/04/i...ladepeche.frINFO LA DÉPÊCHE. Des tableaux de Bernard Buffet volés : le butin de 3 millions d’euros retrouvéSix mois après un cambriolage audacieux chez un collectionneur d’art à Condom (Gers), six suspects ont été interpellés du côté de Marseille dans les Bouches-du-Rhône. 110
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Really enjoyed this piece. Great job @foxcahn.bsky.social 010
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 31/05/2025www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/30/i...theartnewspaper.comIs Banksy getting personal? New lighthouse mural prompts speculation over its philosophical meaningIn his latest work, the street artist refers to himself in the first person for the first time in a public mural 000
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Big news in the art world: A 77-year-old from Reading, PA, just pleaded guilty to a major art fraud scheme, selling fake works he claimed were by icons like Picasso, Warhol, and Basquiat. 🖼️ www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr...justice.govBerks County Man Pleads Guilty to Art Fraud Scheme, Admits Selling Counterfeit Artworks to Customers 200
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025After being lost for four decades it is thrilling to see this beautiful artwork returned to the Harwood Museum of Art in Taos, New Mexico. Great job by everyone involved. artdaily.com/news/182142/...artdaily.comFBI returns stolen paintings to UNM's Harwood Museum of Art and Taos Community 40 years after art heistIt has been a nearly forgotten, 40-year circuitous path for two brazenly stolen paintings to find their way back to gallery walls at Harwood Museum of 000
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 10/05/2025news.artnet.com/art-world/ai...news.artnet.com7 Times A.I. Helped Reveal Ancient SecretsA.I. is allowing archeologists to perform studies that would have been impossible with other, conventional research methodologies. 010
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 27/04/2025During my time with the FBI Art Crime Team, we always aimed to make a lasting impact. At ALI, we are setting out to achieve something that’s never been done before — work that I’m confident will benefit generations of artists and their families. www.cnn.com/2025/04/27/s...cnn.comForgers and fraudsters trusted him for decades — but he was an undercover FBI art detective | CNNA founding member of the FBI’s Art Crime Team, Ronnie Walker’s elaborate sting operations often saw him posing as a dealer, authenticator or buyer of stolen paintings. 031
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Another great job by the FBI Art Crime Team. www.artnews.com/art-news/new...artnews.comLA Man Indicted for Allegedly Conspiring to Sell Stolen Warhol Print of Lenin Worth $175,000LA pawn shop owner Glenn Steven Bednarsh allegedly lied to the FBI about the trial proof of Vladimir Putin. 031
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 10/04/2025www.miaminewtimes.com/news/miami-g...miaminewtimes.comFine Art, Fraud, and Forgery: The Curious Case of Leslie Roberts"Out of my top three art fraud cases, Les Roberts ranks right in there," a retired FBI agent tells New Times. 000
Reposted by Ronnie WalkerArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 06/04/2025Anthropometry (ANT 132), by Yves Klein, 1950, 📸 by @AlexSlitzPhoto 81425149
Ronnie Walker @artcrimeguy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025"The Grave Robber" by retired FBI Agent and former head of the Art Crime Team, Tim Carpenter. Don't miss this book. Coming out October 14, 2025. 020