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MEDIA

Video:

Jonathan Sommer is a key subject of the 2019 film There Are No Fakes, a TVO documentary about the Norval Morrisseau art fraud. Watch it HERE

APTN National News (2023): How to spot a fake Norval Morrisseau. Watch it HERE.

With Steve Paikin and Kevin Hearn on TVO Today (2023): Watch it HERE.

Jonathan Sommer was interviewed by CP24 (2023): CP24 Eight People Arrested

Print / Web Media:

Jonathan Sommer, the principal at Sommer Law, has been interviewed many times in the national media. Here are a few of the recent articles in which he appears:

ArtNet: Norval Morrisseau Painting Removed by McGill University. (2024)

The Globe & Mail: McGill University painting attributed to First Nations artist raises concern of Morrisseau estate, experts. (2024)

The Globe & Mail: First Nations gallery that lent painting attributed to Norval Morrisseau to Ontario legislature now of opinion painting is ‘fake’(2024)

The Globe & Mail: OPP investigating artwork attributed to Norval Morrisseau that was removed from Legislative Assembly of Ontario(2024)

The Globe & Mail: Legislative Assembly of Ontario removes artwork attributed to Norval Morrisseau over concerns raised about authenticity. (2024)

CBC: Ringleader in Norval Morrisseau art fraud ring to be sentenced Thursday in Thunder Bay. (2023)

CBC: Soaring value of Maud Lewis works invites fraud, art experts say (2023)

The Globe & Mail: Police in Ontario charge eight in Norval Morrisseau art fraud investigation (2023)

Le Devoir: Des Milliers de Faux Morrisseau (2023)

Thunder Bay Newswatch: More Lawsuits Pending Over Fake Norval Morrisseau Art. (2021)

The Globe & Mail: Case of Morrisseau Fakes Raises Issues of Racism, Identity. (2021)

Canadianart Magazine: The Specialists: Four Lawyers Share Their Advice for Canadian Art Collectors (2020)

Canadianart Magazine: Court’s New Morrisseau Forgery Decision a “Big Warning to Art Dealers” (2019)

Windspeaker Magazine: Win for Barenaked Ladies band member over alleged fake Morrisseau (2019)

Le Devoir: Fini les faux-fuyants dans le marché de l’art (2019)

CBC: The van Gogh sketchbook dispute: Why it's so hard to verify art (2016)

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