Monday, July 25

Stealing Van Gogh

In the greatest art heist of the 21st century, two thieves broke into the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam on December 7, 2002, stealing two paintings and disappearing into the night. The theft is listed by the FBI as one of top ten art crimes of all time. With special access to this international art crime story, host Andrew Graham-Dixon pieces together the story of the theft and also looks at the wider world of art crime - why are paintings stolen, what is their value, how are they trafficked on the black market. Sifting through the evidence, the film will trace the path these paintings took through the criminal world, how they were sold on the black market and the painstaking investigation that led to their eventual recovery, verification and restoration. (Film, 2018)