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THUNDER BAY ART GALLERY TO UNVEIL 22 FT NORVAL MORRISSEAU PAINTING NOT SEEN IN OVER 40 YEARS

Scientists at a little-known federal agency in Ottawa reveal the forensic tools that helped crack the largest art fraud case in history. For decades, the forgery ring produced thousands of fake paintings attributed to famed Anishinaabe artist Norval Morrisseau. Art Experts Canada CEO Jonathan Sommer was interviewed for this broadcast.

TRADUCCIÓN AL ESPAÑOL Entrevista - Radio-Canada, 31 de julio de 2026 Más de 50 falsos Morrisseau retirados del mercado (Phare Ouest) Video publicado por ART EXPERTS CANADA en el que se muestran más de 50 falsificaciones de Norval Morrisseau que retiraron de la circulación en el mercado del arte en 2026. Una firma canadiense especializada en la autenticación de obras de arte, Art Experts Canada, ha retirado del mercado más de 50 cuadros falsamente atribuidos a Norval Morrissea

THE DOCUMENTARY THAT EXPOSED THE DARK UNDERBELLY OF ONE OF THE NORVAL MORRISSEAU FRAUD RINGS Musician Kevin Hearn's (Barenaked Ladies, Rheostatics, Lou Reed, Gord Downie) fake Norval Morrisseau painting titled Spirit Energy Mother Earth. Rotten Tomatoes page for There Are No Fakes Watch the documentary here

Big [If True] host Molly Thomas speaks with Art Experts Canada CEO, art fraud expert and lawyer Jonathan Sommer about the tools and expertise appraisers use to identify fakes of famous paintings, from forensic techniques to detailed study of a piece's history:

Une firme canadienne spécialisée dans l’authentification d’œuvres d’art, Art Experts Canada, a retiré du marché plus de 50 tableaux faussement attribués à Norval Morrisseau. Artiste peintre anishnabe, mort en 2007, il est considéré par beaucoup comme le grand-père de l'art autochtone contemporain au Canada. Certains enfants du célèbre peintre anishinabe auraient joué un rôle dans l’authentification et la mise en circulation des faux tableaux. John Zemanovich, un des fondateur

Journalist Ismaël Houdassine parles avec Félix Morrisette Beaulieu (28 Juillet, 2026 - Radio Canada) Lien au article original de Ismaël Houdassine (Radio Canada)

BY ISMAËL HOUDASSINE / RADIO CANADA, CBC Google Translation Read the original french language article here Several of the fake paintings attributed to Norval Morrisseau and withdraw from the market by Art Experts Canada Inc. Photo: Art Experts Canada Inc A Canadian firm specializing in art authentication has removed more than 50 paintings falsely attributed to Norval Morrisseau from the market. Soon to be permanently marked and preserved for research purposes, these forgeries

AEI (Art Experts Canada Inc) reveals Norval Morrisseau forgeries ART EXPERTS CANADA INC. speaks with CTV journalist Kamil Karamali. Broadcast on CTV National News on July 26, 2026. More than 50 paintings falsely claimed as the work of Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau have been removed from the art market so far in 2026. Art Experts Canada Inc., a Toronto-based art authentication firm, stated in a Friday news release that the fake artworks were removed either through direct

Originally published by the Toronto Star here on July 1, 2026 CTV report on testimony of John Zemanovich By Betsy Powell Prosecutors have cast Jeffrey Cowan as the mastermind of a complex forgery scheme involving works attributed to one of Canada’s most celebrated artists. They say Cowan’s role warrants an “exemplary” prison term of eight years for undermining the legacy and reputation of Indigenous icon Norval Morrisseau — the “Picasso of the North,” who died in 2007 — and h

Jonathan Sommer is the CEO of ART EXPERTS CANADA Inc., the Toronto art authentication company he owns with Norval Morrisseau expert John Zemanovich. The team recently exposed over 51 paintings credited to NORVAL MORRISSEAU as fakes.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Works acquired through direct purchase and the company’s fakes acquisition program will be permanently marked and preserved for research and education TORONTO, ONTARIO — July 24, 2026 — Art Experts Canada Inc. announced today that it has removed more than 50 fake paintings attributed to Norval Morrisseau from the market so far in 2026, through direct purchase and through the company’s fakes acquisition program. The works will be preserved and used for

Norval Morrisseau with his artwork (1971)

Convicted fraudster’s sentencing pushed back amid widening dispute between family, foundation and authenticators By Hadani Ditmars The Art Newspaper There was another plot twist late last month in the decades-long investigation into forged works by the acclaimed Ojibway artist Norval Morrisseau, who died in 2007. As a result, the sentencing of the convicted art fraudster Jeff Cowan has been delayed. What was supposed to be the end of a scandal involving family feuds, Indigeno

CBC's Close Up - interview by June Callwood. Air Date September 23, 1962 Enhanced audio from original recording.

By Mike Arsalides CTV NEWS Original Article here Jeff Cowan heading to court in Barrie, Ontario (Peter Robinson/Barrie Today) What was supposed to be the continuation of Jeff Cowan’s sentencing hearing turned confrontational when a lawyer representing the estate of Norval Morrisseau estate unexpectedly appeared in court. The lawyer, Jason Gratl, also claimed to represent Gabe Vadas and Cory Dingle; two individuals who abruptly decided they wouldn’t be providing victim impact

Ben Waldman Feb. 25, 2026 Read the original article here: Winnipeg Free Press Holding its world première tonight at Prairie Theatre Exchange, The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light is a Drew Hayden Taylor original — he swears. It’s something the writer from Ontario’s Curve Lake First Nation never thought he’d have to specify. After all, who would try to pass off their own work as his? But in the era of artificial intelligence, when large language models are trained t

Transcript: There Sure Are (NORVAL MORRISSEAU) Fakes | Apr 19, 2023 HOST: Steve Paikin GUEST: Jonathan Sommer (Lawyer, Art Experts Canada -formerly Morrisseau Art Consulting) GUEST: Kevin Hearn (Musician, Member of the Barenaked Ladies) Steve: THE PAINTING WAS CALLED "SPIRIT ENERGY OF MOTHER EARTH." SAID TO BE THE WORK OF RENOWNED INDIGENOUS ARTIST NORVAL MORRISSEAU. IT WAS PURCHASED BY CANADIAN MUSICIAN KEVIN HEARN. BUT SEVERAL YEARS, A CIVIL LAWSUIT AND DOCUMENTARY LATER

Norval Morrisseau interviewed on location at the McMichael in Kleinburg, ON. Broadcast on CBLT (CBC Toronto) on July 23, 1979. Television finally came to Canada on September 6, 1952 when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation launched CBFT-TV in Montreal. That station broadcast in English and French. The CBC would open Toronto’s first station two days later on September 8, 1952 – CBLT-TV. It was the country’s first English-language television station and the country’s second T

On Tuesday, November 19th, 2025 -members of the Georgetown community filled Gaston Hall for a conversation on one of the defining questions of the next decade: will artificial intelligence strengthen democracy and public service or undermine them? Georgetown’s Institute of Politics and Public Service hosted a conversation on the promises and perils of AI with Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a Nobel laureate and the “Godfather of AI.” In this excerpt, Hi