“participants indicated that they would protect relationship partners more than strangers, and this discrepancy increased with the severity of the crime”

“He used simple tools to make his robberies by walking into museums and cutting paintings from their frames using a simple screwdriver, which he then concealed under his oversized jacket before selling them on the black market.”

“…art, music and other beautiful things, far from being simply "in the eye of the beholder," are a core part of human nature with deep evolutionary origins.”

“Although it may seem bizarre, there is a fairly long history behind the notion that art can be so overwhelming as to cause physical illness.”

“A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.”

“For most aspiring artists, getting work onto the walls of prominent museums takes time, patience and talent. But for one German museum employee, all it took was a few screws.”

“In his new book, The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings to life one of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world’s most prolific art thief, Stéphane Breitwieser.”