Hacker News with Generative AI: Art Theft

The heist that made the Mona Lisa famous (history.com)
In 1911, a former Louvre employee perpetrated one of the greatest art heists in history: the theft of Leonardo da Vinci’s immortal painting “Mona Lisa.”
Art Theft, History, Famous Paintings, Louvre
77 points by thunderbong 17 days ago | 31 comments
The Art of Stealing (2013) (nrc.nl)
Early in the morning of 16th October 2012, seven valuable artworks were stolen from the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. The theft was world news. But what first seemed like a sophisticated burglary by professionals, turned out to be the work of a few small-time Romanian criminals who had no idea what they were getting themselves into. They knew about house burglaries, not art, and they certainly didn’t know about selling art.
Art Theft, Crime, Netherlands
28 points by RickJWagner 23 days ago | 9 comments
British Museum gems for sale on eBay – how a theft was exposed (bbc.co.uk)
Art Theft, Museums, eBay, United Kingdom
135 points by helsinkiandrew 178 days ago | 111 comments