Five Minutes to Steal a Renoir: Why Museum Theft Is Becoming Bolder Across Europe The audacious theft of a Renoir painting from the Cagnes sur Mer museum is just one in a series of high profile burglaries that have left European museums reeling.
What's striking about these crimes, however, is not just their brazenness but also their seeming inevitability.
The thieves who broke into the Louvre last October and made off with millions' worth of jewels sent shockwaves through the art world, but it seems they were merely clearing the way for a wave of copycats.