Stéphane Breitwieser (born 1 October 1971) is a French art thief and author, notorious for his art thefts between 1995 and 2001. He admitted to stealing 239 artworks and other exhibits from 172 museums while travelling around Europe and working …

2023年6月27日 · In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where he could admire them to his heart’s content.

2023年6月19日 · Now comes “The Art Thief,” which documents a different kind of crime, one that circumvents both the moral horror of murder and the mundanity of petty theft.

2024年12月1日 · Stéphane Breitwieser is an unusual kind of art thief who organized audacious and often absurdly simple museum heists not because of profit but because of his deep love of art. Together with his girlfriend, he stole hundreds of …

Once a Thief (1991), directed by John Woo, follows a trio of art-thieves in Hong Kong who stumble across a valuable cursed painting. Hudson Hawk (1991) centers on a cat burglar who is forced to steal Da Vinci works of art for a world domination plot.

2023年6月27日 · The world’s greatest living art thief is likely a 52-year-old Frenchman named Stéphane Breitwieser, who has stolen from some 200 museums, taking art worth an estimated total of $2 billion.

2023年6月27日 · In 'The Art Thief,' Michael Finkel surveys how Stéphane Breitwieser stole hundreds of artworks and stored them in his attic.