Art Of The Heist

According to Interpol, art thieves steal between $2 billion and $6 billion a year, but only about 10-15% of the stolen art is found. From this series you will learn about six high-profile robberies. Among the plots: the largest robbery of the 20th century — the theft of 13 paintings, including masterpieces by Vermeer and Rembrandt, from the Boston Museum of Isabella Stewart Gardner; the most scandalous fraud on the global art market — for 20 years, copies of paintings by great artists have come true as originals, and even experts have no doubts about their authenticity; the disappearance of the most famous painting in the world — “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, which was stolen from the artist’s museum in Oslo; for almost thirty years, a lawyer from Minneapolis hid paintings stolen from a private collection, among which was the work of Cezanne.

You will learn the professional secrets of criminal art lovers, their artistic passions and the efforts they make to get around the law and avoid the deserved punishment. You will see a documentary reconstruction of high-profile abductions, which will be commented on by art historians and forensic experts.