The Art World's Dark Side: Thieves Target Renoir Museum on French Riviera The brazen theft of three paintings from the Renoir Museum on the French Riviera serves as a stark reminder that even some of the world's most iconic art institutions are vulnerable to crime.
This is not an isolated incident, but rather part of a disturbing trend in Europe's art underworld. In recent years, the type of thief has changed.
Gone are the highly organized gangs with expertise and resources; instead, opportunists recruited through social media have been carrying out violent robberies.