The Super Art Thief Goes on Trial
Thirty-something French waiter Stephane Breitwieser has admitted stealing 239 works of art (including several priceless masterpieces) in seven European countries between 1995-2001.
It gets better.... His mother, Mireille Stengel, is also on trial for having destroyed more than 200 of the works stolen by her son, who apparently stored them at her home.
F. Lennox Campello is a widely published Washington, DC and Philadelphia based art critic, as well as an award winning artist and curator. He is also often heard on NPR and the Voice of America discussing visual art issues. …
Stolen Art
This is the intriguing story of Erich Slomovic, a young Croatian Jew working in Paris as an art dealer during the period leading up to the Nazi invasion of France. Murdered and looted by the Nazis, ...
Article comments