Dr. Colette J. Loll
Founder and Director
Colette Loll was the CEO of a software and marketing company before founding Art Fraud Insights, a consultancy dedicated to art-fraud related prevention initiatives, exhibitions, lectures, training, and specialized investigations. She has been involved in several independent projects in fine art forgery and art forensics including serving as a lead researcher in attribution and authentication investigations, conducting forensic investigations for private collectors on suspected artworks and artifacts, participating in documentary film projects and curating several exhibitions. Her more recent exhibitions, Intent to Deceive: Fakes and Forgeries in the Art World and Treasures on Trial; The Art and Science of Detecting Fakes received acclaim and extensive coverage in local, national, and international media.
In addition to lecturing widely at universities, museums, and forensic institutions in the U.S. and Europe, she also has trained Federal agents in forgery investigations for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cultural Heritage Protection Program. Dr. Loll also works closely with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Art Crime Team to train international law enforcement teams on strategies to combat cultural racketeering. Dr. Loll serves as a thought leader, market consultant and strategic advisor to several technology companies applying solutions to solve to the prolific problem of art fraud and illicit trafficking. In this capacity, she has collaborated with several NGOs and funding organizations on projects to apply traceable forensic markers to museum collections at risk.
Dr. Loll’s dissertation topic focused on the creation of new protocols for the scientific interrogation of questioned ancient texts, and the cognitive distortions and ideological biases that contribute to non-evidence-based conclusions of authenticity when evaluating religious materials
EDUCATION:
Georgetown University
Doctorate in Liberal Studies | 2021
Tulane University/University of Siena Law School
Certificate in Cultural Heritage Law and Provenance Research | 2018
Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA)
Post Graduate Certificate in International Art Crime Studies | 2009
George Washington University
M.A in Decorative Arts and Design History at the Corcoran School of Museum Studies | 2009
Michigan State University
BA in Business & minor in Operations Management | 1988
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Georgetown University
Adjunct Lecturer | Masters and Doctorate in Liberal Studies, | 2023
Johns Hopkins University
Adjunct Lecturer | M.A. in Museum Studies, AAP | 2021
BOARD APPOINTMENTS:
Board Member | George Mason University; College of Visual and Performing Arts
Fairfax, VA | 2022-Present
Advisory Board Member | Shape Matrix/ Shape Operating Systems
New York, NY | 2020-Present
NONPROFIT AFFILIATIONS:
Financial Crimes Task Force | Antiquities Coalition
Washington, DC | 2018-Present
Senior Advisor | SmartWater Foundation; Heritage Sector
London | 2015-Present
International Advisory Council of the Middle East and North African (MENA) Task Force Against Culture Under Threat | Antiquities Coalition
Washington, DC | 2015-Present
