Art of the Heist

Season 2

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.
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8 Episodes
  • The Lady in Gold
    E1
    The Lady in GoldKlimt’s Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer was one of the most famous paintings of the twentieth century. But in March 1938 it was seized by the Nazis. The golden portrait, commissioned by Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer of his wife, was one of six Klimts taken by the Germans.
  • The Pharaoh's Head
    E2
    The Pharaoh's HeadAn ex-soldier employs an ingenious method of smuggling ancient Egyptian artifacts through customs for a big payday in England. But the discovery in his house of several artifacts--including the sculpture of Amenhotep's head--leads to a harsh crackdown from authorities bent on enforcing international law.
  • Miami Sting
    E3
    Miami StingTwo Rubens paintings are lifted from a tiny gallery in a small town in northern Spain by a mysterious robber. One of pictures turns up in Stockholm. The robber is arrested and convicted but escapes and disappears.
  • The Man Who Stole the Mona Lisa
    E4
    The Man Who Stole the Mona LisaOn 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 world's most famous painting and thousands of people queued to see the empty space the painting had left.
  • The Russian Conspiracy
    E5
    The Russian ConspiracyMore than two hundred items with an estimated value of $5million, including jewellery and precious enamels, were discovered missing during a routine inventory check at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
  • On the Trail of Moche Gold
    E6
    On the Trail of Moche GoldIn 1988 a glittering golden headdress was looted from an ancient tomb in the desert of northern Peru – and disappeared. The octopus headdress with eight Medusa like tentacles belonged to one of the Moche lords a sophisticated culture that pre dated the Incas by 1000 years.
  • The Disappeared
    E7
    The DisappearedThe Disappeared vanished from the National Art Gallery in Buenos Aires. At the time Argentina was ruled by a ruthless military junta responsible for the torture and death of thousands of ‘disappeared’ members of the opposition.
  • The Thieving Don Juan
    E8
    The Thieving Don JuanIt’s four in the morning in the centre of Vienna. An alarm goes off at the seventh floor window of the Museum of Art History but the security guards don’t react. The next day one of the most important gold sculptures from the Renaissance is discovered stolen. It’s insurance value is a cool £35 million.
 
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