Maddy Fleming’s Reviews > The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession > Status Update

Picasso is the most stolen artist of all time. Picasso himself commissioned a theft from the louvre in his 20s of two figurines he used as inspiration. He was arrested under suspicion of being behind the Mona Lisa theft but he was not. He returned the figurines anonymously after.
Art police squad would be an interesting niche. FBI has a ten most wanted list of missing art.

“Museums are secular churches and to steal there is blasphemous.”

Great point too that museums will invest in new acquisitions over protecting current catalogue bc one brings in more guests