Art of the Heist
Art of the Heist

Art of the Heist

2006 2 Seasons 14 Episodes ⭐ 7.0 Documentary

Investigating the most high profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st centuries, ‘Art of the Heist’ fits together the pieces of the crime jigsaw and studies the masterpieces coveted by the criminal world.

Investigating the most high profile art thefts of the 20th and 21st centuries, ‘Art of the Heist’ fits together the pieces of the crime jigsaw and studies the masterpieces coveted by the criminal world.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Big Sting

In 2000 two Renoirs and a Rembrandt worth $80 million were stolen in an armed daylight raid on the National Museum in St

EP 2

The World's Biggest Heist

When the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum was robbed in 1990 it was the biggest art theft in history. Up to $500 million

EP 3

The Forger and the Conman

For more than a decade two Englishmen conned a gullible art market with fakes and forgeries. Art teacher John Myatt prod

EP 4

The Search for the Scream

Edvard Munch’s the Scream is one of the most famous paintings in twentieth century art. In 2004 two robbers burst into

EP 5

Chasing Cezanne

Nearly thirty years ago thieves walked into a remote Massachusetts home and stole seven paintings. Among them was a Ceza

EP 6

Den of Antiquities

In 1974 in war torn northern Cyprus a priceless mosaic is chipped from the walls of a Greek orthodox church by Turkish l

EP 1

The Lady in Gold

Klimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was one of the most famous paintings of the twentieth century. But in March 1938

EP 2

The Pharaoh's Head

In 1994 the head of Scotland Yard's Art squad was called to the British Museum to investigate a case of suspected stolen

EP 3

Miami Sting

Two Rubens paintings are lifted from a tiny gallery in a small town in northern Spain by a mysterious robber. One of pic

EP 4

The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa

On a summers day in 1911 a man walked into the Louvre, took the Mona Lisa off the wall and walked out. He had stolen the

EP 5

The Russian Conspiracy

More than two hundred items with an estimated value of $5million, including jewellery and precious enamels, were discove

EP 6

On the Trail of Moche Gold

In 1988 a glittering golden headdress was looted from an ancient tomb in the desert of northern Peru – and disappeared

EP 7

The Disappeared

The Disappeared vanished from the National Art Gallery in Buenos Aires. At the time Argentina was ruled by a ruthless mi

EP 8

The Thieving Don Juan

It’s four in the morning in the centre of Vienna. An alarm goes off at the seventh floor window of the Museum of Art H

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