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Artists Thieves

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language : en
Publisher: Linda Schroeder
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Artists Thieves written by and has been published by Linda Schroeder this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.

Great Art Thefts

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Author : Charlotte Guillain
language : en
Publisher: Raintree
Release Date : 2013

Great Art Thefts written by Charlotte Guillain and has been published by Raintree this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

This book examines art crimes and the hunt to find the thieves, such as the "Mona Lisa," "The Scream," the Millennium theft from the Ashmolean Museum, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist.

The Rescue Artist

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Author : Edward Dolnick
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2010-11-16

The Rescue Artist written by Edward Dolnick and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-16 with Art categories.

In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. Baffled and humiliated, the Norwegian police turned to the one man they believed could help: a half English, half American undercover cop named Charley Hill, the world's greatest art detective. The Rescue Artist is a rollicking narrative that carries readers deep inside the art underworld -- and introduces them to a large and colorful cast of titled aristocrats, intrepid investigators, and thick-necked thugs. But most compelling of all is Charley Hill himself, a complicated mix of brilliance, foolhardiness, and charm whose hunt for a purloined treasure would either cap an illustrious career or be the fiasco that would haunt him forever.

The Art Thief

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Author : Michael Finkel
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-06-25

The Art Thief written by Michael Finkel and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser. • “The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."—The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub "Enthralling." —The Wall Street Journal In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods brings us into Breitwieser’s strange world—unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stéphane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years—in museums and cathedrals all over Europe—Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart’s content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict’s need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriend’s pleas to stop—until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down. This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.

The Art Thief

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Author : Noah Charney
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-09-04

The Art Thief written by Noah Charney and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-04 with Fiction categories.

The disappearance of a priceless Caravaggio in Rome and the famous 'White on White' by Russian painter Kasimir Malevich in Paris heralds the start of a series of seemingly unconnected art crimes across Europe. Fitting the pieces together as they follow a trail of bluffs and double-bluffs, bizarre clues and intellectual puzzles, Inspector Jean-JacquesBizot in Paris and Harry Wickenden of Scotland Yardcome to realize that what at first appears a spate of random thefts is all part of a single master plan, and that they are being led ever deeper into a baffling conspiracy. This fiendishly clever debut thriller takes us behind the scenes of the elite fine art world of auction houses, academia and museums to offer a fascinating view of art history, witty, fast-paced dialogue and an ever-surprising plot that twists its way from Rome to Paris to London and back again.

Artists Thieves Liars

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Author : Stephen Fox
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-08-16

Artists Thieves Liars written by Stephen Fox and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-16 with categories.

Residents of a retirement community in the Arizona desert listen in astonishment to the story of Stijn De Bruyne, a mysterious Dutch landscape painter. Some from De Bruyne's past said his activities in occupied Holland during World War II were heroic; others alleged he committed war crimes. De Bruyne turned up in the United States after the war under curious circumstances involving government collaboration with unsavory refugees. He moved west where he hoped to find and paint perfect landscapes. An attractive café owner, with whom he fell in love, agreed to sell his paintings in her place of business. Still, De Bruyne couldn't dodge his past.Former Dutch colleagues tracked him down and, armed with claims of De Bruyne's past, attempted to blackmail the artist to help them steal valuable pieces of art from a New York museum. The FBI, which had followed the Dutch gang around the country ever since their entry after the war, suspected something nefarious was in the works. Thus, De Bruyne found himself trapped between the FBI, which demanded the artist's cooperation and without it, deportation, and ruthless thieves who threatened to expose De Bruyne as a Nazi collaborator and Jew hunter in the Netherlands should he refuse their ministrations. In either case, De Bruyne would likely find himself facing charges in the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Art Thieves Fakers And Fraudsters

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Author : Penelope Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-06

Art Thieves Fakers And Fraudsters written by Penelope Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06 with Art categories.

"Art crime is soaring. Every year as much as $10 billion worth of artworks are stolen. Many more are vandalised, damaged or destroyed. Added to this is a flourishing world of fakes and forgeries, often sold for millions of dollars and hanging in the world's most prestigious galleries. If you think this is happening only in Paris, London and New York, prepare to be surprised as art curator Penelope Jackson reveals the underbelly of the New Zealand art world"--Back cover.

Stealing The Show

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Author : John Barelli
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2019-08-22

Stealing The Show written by John Barelli and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-22 with True Crime categories.

When he retired as the chief security officer of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Barelli had spent the better part of forty years responsible not only for one of the richest treasure troves on the planet, but the museum’s staff, the millions of visitors, as well as American presidents, royalty, and heads of state from around the world. For the first time, John Barelli shares his experiences of the crimes that occurred on his watch; the investigations that captured thieves and recovered artwork; the lessons he learned and shared with law enforcement professionals in the United States and abroad; the accidents and near misses; and a few mysteries that were sadly never solved. He takes readers behind the scenes at the Met, introduces curators and administrators, walks the empty corridors after hours, and shares what it’s like to get the call that an ancient masterpiece has gone missing. The Metropolitan Museum covers twelve acres in the heart of Manhattan and is filled with five thousand years of work by history’s great artists known and unknown: Goya, da Vinci, Rembrandt, Warhol, Pollack, Egyptian mummies, Babylonian treasures, Colonial crafts, and Greek vases. John and a small staff of security professionals housed within the Museum were responsible for all of it. Over the years, John helped make the museum the state-of-the-art facility it is today and created a legacy in art security for decades to come. Focusing on six thefts but filled with countless stories that span the late 1970s on into the 21st century, John opens the files on thefts, shows how museum personnel along with local and sometimes Federal Agents opened investigations and more often than not caught the thief. But of ultimate importance was the recovery of the artwork, including Celtic and Egyptian gold, French tapestries, Greek sculpture, and more. At the heart of this book there will always be art—those who love it and those who take it, two groups of people that are far from mutually exclusive.

Master Thieves

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Author : Stephen Kurkjian
language : en
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Release Date : 2015-03-10

Master Thieves written by Stephen Kurkjian and has been published by PublicAffairs this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-10 with True Crime categories.

The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history. In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was a big score waiting to happen. Though its collections included priceless artworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas, and others, its security was cheap, mismanaged, and out of date. And now, it seemed, the whole Boston criminal underworld knew it. Nearly a decade passed before the Museum was finally hit. But when it finally happened, the theft quickly became one of the most infamous art heists in history: thirteen works of art valued at up to 500 million, by some of the most famous artists in the world, were taken. The Boston FBI took control of the investigation, but twenty-five years later the case is still unsolved and the artwork is still missing. Stephen Kurkjian, one of the top investigative reporters in the country, has been working this case for over nearly twenty years. In Master Thieves, he sheds new light on some of the Gardner's most abiding mysteries. Why would someone steal these paintings, only to leave them hidden for twenty-five years? And why, if one of the top crime bosses in the city knew about this score in 1981, did the theft happen in 1990? What happened in those intervening years? And what might all this have to do with Boston's notorious gang wars of the 1980s? Kurkjian's reporting is already responsible for some of the biggest breaks in this story, including a meticulous reconstruction of what happened at the Museum that fateful night. Now Master Thieves will reveal the identities of those he believes plotted the heist, the motive for the crime, and the details that the FBI has refused to discuss. Taking you on a journey deep into the gangs of Boston, Kurkjian emerges with the most complete and compelling version of this story ever told.

Hot Art

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Author : Joshua Knelman
language : en
Publisher: Tin House Books
Release Date : 2012-03-06

Hot Art written by Joshua Knelman and has been published by Tin House Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-06 with True Crime categories.

"Hot Art traces Joshua Knelman's five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, which takes him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violence, and corruption. With a cool, knowing eye, Knelman delves into the lives of professionals such as Paul, a brilliant working-class kid who charmed his way into a thriving career organizing art thefts and running loot across the United Kingdom and beyond, and LAPD detective Donald Hrycyk, one of the few special investigators worldwide who struggle to keep pace with the evolving industry of stolen art. As he becomes more and more immersed in this world, Knelman learns that art theft is no fringe activity--it has evolved into one of the largest black markets inthe world, which even Interpol and the FBI cannot contain. Sweeping and fast-paced, Hot Art is a major work of investigative journalism and a thrilling joyride into a mysterious criminal world"--