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The Art Thief

Michael Finkel

Start date: April 1, 2024

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Sep 28, 2023 Joy D rated it really liked it

Shelves: crime, art, obsession, reviewed, relationships, xauho, biography, subdue, europe, zzck

I do not read much true crime, but I am interested in art, and occasionally pick up a book about art theft. This is one such book. In this case, journalist Michael Finkel brings us the true story of art thief Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole hundreds of pieces of art between 1994 and 2001 from museums throughout Europe. Unlike many thieves, Breitwieser did not steal in order to sell the pieces, but to collect them for his personal enjoyment. He displayed them in his attic apartment in his mother’ ...more

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Jul 08, 2024 Colleen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lakeville-book-club

A satisfactory intellectual capacity and a fragile personality susceptible to control; (Anne Catherine)

Museums are secular churches and to steal there blasphemous.

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Oct 11, 2023 Nanci rated it really liked it

Shelves: non-fiction, biography, contemporary, true-crime, art, turf-wars-in-space-fall-2023, wheel2023

Very engrossing book with strong writing. I had never heard of this famous art thief (or pair of thieves) and the accounting was a good cross of factual and story. In fact, had I not known it was non-fiction, I would have been sure it was fiction. There were times during the story, when I could not believe they were stealing so brazenly. It's an odd thing, because while I'm morally opposed to stealing, there were times I found myself rooting for them to get away with it just one more time. No sp ...more

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