Penelope Jane Jackson is a New Zealand art historian, curator, author and art crime expert. She is a trustee of the New Zealand Art Crime Research Trust.
Jackson became curator of the Tauranga Art Gallery in 2003, and became its director in 2010. She quit in 2015.
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Books
Jackson is the author of three books: "Art Thieves, Fakes & Fraudsters: The New Zealand Story", published in 2016, "Females in the Frame: Women, Art, and Crime", published in 2019, and "The Art of Copying Art", published in 2022.
Recognition
In the 2023 New Year Honours, Jackson was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to art crime research and visual arts.
Personal life
She married her husband around 1985. They have a daughter, who is an art historian, and a son.