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: 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)