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The Louvre Heist and Shady Billionaire Art Owners
45 minutes Posted Aug 3, 2026 at 9:00 am.
) Introduction
) Recap: the Louvre heist, October 19, 2025
) The Isabella Stewart Gardner heist: $500M, still unsolved
) The arrests and the mysterious "sponsor" named Joe
) How basic museum security really is
) What was stolen: the Napoleonic crown jewels
) The Wildensteins & how art launders money
) The $60 billion shadow art market
) Restoring Empress Eugénie's crown & the French jewelry houses
) The $181M Pollock & Jerry Saltz's takedown of the art market
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"Parisian Heist" author Jo Piazza joins Amy to break down the October 2025 Louvre robbery — the suspects, the mysterious "sponsor," and why authorities aren't sure the suspects are telling the truth.
Plus: why museum security is so basic, how art gets used to launder money and fund violent crime, the billionaire families who quietly run the art market, and what a $181 million Jackson Pollock says about the state of art and wealth.
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