Italian master Carravagio lived a hardboiled life of crime. To wrap Season 2, Thick as Thieves dives into his activities of gambling, theft, and even murder!

Boo Hoo He's a Liar

Sep 9th, 2020 52m 4s

We delve into 1997 story of a stolen Gustav Klimt painting that stumped the world. It's a page-turner, a cliffhanger, and a nail-biter all in one.

A Window, a 911 Call, a Work of Art

Aug 18th, 2020 35m 14s

Discussing the tumultuous, and eventually fatal, relationship between artists Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre.

A Fatal Attraction in Berlin

Aug 4th, 2020 47m 48s

This week, we delve into a recent crime in Berlin where, Rebeccah Blum, a distinguished American curator was found stabbed to death by her boyfriend a renowned British photographer.

Little Fires Everywhere

Jul 21st, 2020 43m 22s

Discussing the bizarre desire to set your art on fire. Scott Campbell, the celebrity tattooist turned artworld star committed an art crime against himself.

A Newman Beyond Repair

Mar 3rd, 2020 37m 1s

If a painting exists as a cultural provocation and receives a cultural provocation, is the provocateur guilty? Barnett Newman found out first hand.

Nicer than Violence: Affectionate Destruction

Feb 11th, 2020 47m 31s

Have you ever been so overwhelmed when viewing an artwork that you felt compelled to kiss it? Here's multiple instances where that compulsion is exactly the case.

People Might Like You When You’re Dead

Jan 28th, 2020

A 51-year old Czech artist smashed a framed painting over Marina AbramoviÄ‡'s head as an art performance. Why?

An Ipso Facto Invitation to Urination

Jan 14th, 2020 43m 50s

Season 2 of Thick as Thieves shines a light on Art Destruction and Vandalism, starting with the most vandalizable piece around; Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain."

Soggy Theft at The Loovre

Jul 30th, 2019 39m 22s

A soggy theft at The Loovre (yes, Loovre) results in three extremely valuable paintings being stolen. Was it a prank or a rebellious act? Find out.

One Thousand Thanks for the Poor Security

Jul 16th, 2019 45m 32s

Two paintings within Edvard Munch's The Scream series were stolen from two different Norwegian museums by separate gangs of thieves.

Punk Rock Geriatrics

Jul 2nd, 2019 44m 18s

In a box marked "Miscellaneous High School Artwork" was a Chagall painting stolen thirty years prior. Who stole it and how was the FBI able to recover it?

Plunderdrunk Kleptomania with StÃ©phane Breitwieser

Jun 18th, 2019

StÃ©phane Breitwieser stole at least 250 artworks from hundreds of art museums in Europe. Why?

Ugly Art Gets Stolen Too

Jun 4th, 2019

Picasso's 'Potrait of Suzanne Bloch' is, arguably, one of his worst works but that didn't stop masked men from lifting the work from the SÃ£o Paulo Museum of Art in 2007.

Robin Hood Heist

May 21st, 2019

Did a 61-year-old retired truck driver really steal Francisco de Goyaâ€™s Duke of Ellington? To benefit elderly people to gain access to public TV?

Abstract Expressionism in Tucson, AZ

May 7th, 2019 40m 20s

Willem de Kooning's Woman-Ochre went missing in 1985 and stayed missing until 2017 when it unceremoniously appeared at an estate sale for two teachers, Rita and Jerry Alter. Had the mild-mannered couple stolen it?

Get It Together, Italy

Apr 23rd, 2019 33m 26s

Veronica and Sara discuss Salvador Mundi, the missing Leonardo da Vinci painting, and how it unravels into a series of stolen paintings.

Spider-Man Seduced by the Little Devil

Apr 9th, 2019

Sara and Veronica discuss famed French burglar Vjeran Tomic and his single-handed heist of the MusÃ©e dâ€™Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.

Mexico City Heist

Mar 26th, 2019 49m 8s

On this inaugural episode, Sara and Veronica discuss the 1985 Mexico City Heist of the National Museum of Anthropology.

Coming Soon: Thick as Thieves

Mar 18th, 2019 1m 3s

Coming Soon: Thick as Thieves, a podcast where hosts Sara Estes and Veronica Kavass discuss heists, forgeries and all sorts of art crimes. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram. Music by Patrick Damphier. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes.

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