The Dresden Job
When a rash of sensational museum robberies stunned Europe, police zeroed in on a fearsome crime family—and a flashy new generation of young outlaws.
When a rash of sensational museum robberies stunned Europe, police zeroed in on a fearsome crime family—and a flashy new generation of young outlaws.
Joshua Hammer GQ Aug 2021 25min Permalink
The theft of a deeply personal painting by René Magritte from a Belgian museum was a national tragedy. Now, an investigation points to a tragedy greater still.
Joshua Hunt Vanity Fair May 2021 20min Permalink
Stéphane Breitwieser robbed nearly 200 museums, amassed a collection of treasures worth more than $1.4 billion, and became perhaps the most prolific art thief in history.
Michael Finkel GQ Feb 2019 35min Permalink
A profile of the climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, dubbed Spider-Man by the French press, who describes robbery as an act of imagination.
Jake Halpern New Yorker Jan 2019 30min Permalink
A visit with John Berger, author of Ways of Seeing, which “changed the way at least two generations responded to art,” just before his death.
Kate Kellaway The Guardian Oct 2016 15min Permalink
On the discovery of a billion dollars worth of artwork looted by Nazis in the cramped apartment of a Munich recluse.
Alex Shoumatoff Vanity Fair Apr 2014 25min Permalink
The curious case of SpongeBob SquarePants illustrator Todd White, three ninjas, and an art caper.
David Kushner Vanity Fair Jun 2012 15min Permalink
Was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre actually a smokescreen to obscure an even more audacious art crime?
Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler Vanity Fair May 2009 25min Permalink