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Thieves and forgers…
Why not link art history and criminal investigation? Discover, thanks to our special playlist, the most incredible stories of the art world! From the famous Mona Lisa theft in 1911 to the mysterious and unsolved case of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, you are bound to be surprised by the stories of robberies and forgers you are about to discover.
Discover Jan van Eyck’s masterpiece, the Ghent Altarpiece, and explore how it became the world’s most stolen artwork.
Content produced by: Ted Ed
On the agenda
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video - 5:37
The strange history of the world’s most stolen painting
By: Ted Ed
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video - 5:16
The art forger who tricked the Nazis
By: Ted Ed
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podcast - 46:41
Fakes and copies: The Cases of Knoedler and Dafen
By: Art History Happy Hour
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video - 51:42
Private: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
By: ArtCurious
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video - 10:30
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Heist
By: Everything Everywhere Daily Podcast
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video - 5:30
Stealing the Mona Lisa: The Art Theft of the Century
By: Artrageous with Nate