The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings
Art critic Alastair Sooke delves into the murky world of art theft. Despite the high stakes and daring involved, many of the crimes go unnoticed by the media.
Art critic Alastair Sooke delves into the murky world of art theft. Despite the high stakes - and often daring - involved, many cases are shrouded in mystery and go unnoticed by the media.
Around 47,000 works of art are reported missing each year, yet it is only the heists involving the world's most valuable paintings that hit the headlines. But high-profile or not - once gone, the works are rarely recovered.
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America’s Most Notorious Art Thief
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The Perfect Heist? Amsterdam, 2002
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Who Steals Art?
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Preview: The World's Most Expensive Stolen Paintings
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Alastair Sooke |
| Director | Dominic Gallagher |
| Executive Producer | Ross Harper |
| Executive Producer | Greg Sanderson |
| Writer | Alastair Sooke |
| Assistant Producer | Iain Robson |
| Production Manager | Michelle Gauntlett |
| Production Manager | Nina Robertson |
| Production Coordinator | Catherine Ross |
| Director of photography | Richard Cook |
| Sound Recordist | John Osborne |
| Sound Recordist | Cameron Mercer |
| Participant | Jan De Kesel |
| Participant | Anthony Amore |
| Participant | Tom Mashberg |
| Participant | Geoff Kelly |
| Participant | Dick Ellis |
| Participant | Julian Radcliffe |
| Participant | Ludovico Gippetto |
| Participant | Giovanni Pastore |
| Participant | Myles Connor |
| Participant | Marty Leppo |
| Participant | Noah Charney |
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