Heists | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/heists/RSS feed for HeistsenFri, 17 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000Andrew Lloyd Webber Says He's Writing a New Musical About the Time the 'Mona Lisa' Vanished Without a Trace in 1911https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/andrew-lloyd-webber-says-hes-writing-a-new-musical-about-the-time-the-mona-lisa-vanished-without-a-trace-in-1911-180988559/Known for spectacles like "The Phantom of the Opera," Broadway's most commercially successful composer now wants to tell the story of the world's most famous paintingFri, 17 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/andrew-lloyd-webber-says-hes-writing-a-new-musical-about-the-time-the-mona-lisa-vanished-without-a-trace-in-1911-180988559/Art Thieves Steal Paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Worth More Than $10 Million, Fleeing the Scene in Just Three Minuteshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-thieves-steal-paintings-by-renoir-cezanne-and-matisse-worth-more-than-10-million-fleeing-the-scene-in-just-three-minutes-180988465/The Magnani-Rocca Foundation in Italy was the target of a shocking art heist—only five months after a high-profile theft at the Louvre in ParisTue, 31 Mar 2026 18:48:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-thieves-steal-paintings-by-renoir-cezanne-and-matisse-worth-more-than-10-million-fleeing-the-scene-in-just-three-minutes-180988465/Police Recover Ancient Egyptian Artifacts the Day After a Heist at a Museum in Australiahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/police-recover-ancient-egyptian-artifacts-the-day-after-a-heist-at-a-museum-in-australia-180988214/The looted items included a 2,600-year-old wooden cat figurine, a 3,300-year-old necklace and a mummy maskWed, 18 Feb 2026 22:30:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/police-recover-ancient-egyptian-artifacts-the-day-after-a-heist-at-a-museum-in-australia-180988214/Masked Thieves Steal Statue of British Boxer Teddy Baldock From a London Park, Leaving Only His Boots Behindhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/masked-thieves-steal-statue-of-british-boxer-teddy-baldock-from-a-london-park-leaving-only-his-boots-behind-180988165/Baldock, a former bantamweight world champion, was the only British boxer to win a world title in the 1920s. The statue had been in Langdon Park since 2014Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:13:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/masked-thieves-steal-statue-of-british-boxer-teddy-baldock-from-a-london-park-leaving-only-his-boots-behind-180988165/Louvre Robbers Escaped With Less Than a Minute to Spare Due to Major Security Fumbleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/louvre-robbers-escaped-with-less-than-a-minute-to-spare-due-to-major-security-fumbles-180987870/An investigation ordered by France's culture ministry highlighted a number of security failures that made October's brazen heist possibleTue, 16 Dec 2025 21:42:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/louvre-robbers-escaped-with-less-than-a-minute-to-spare-due-to-major-security-fumbles-180987870/Two Armed Thieves Stole Eight Matisse Prints From a São Paulo Libraryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-armed-thieves-stole-eight-matisse-prints-from-a-sao-paulo-library-180987818/A robbery at Brazil’s Mário de Andrade Library is the latest daytime heist to shake the art worldWed, 10 Dec 2025 16:14:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-armed-thieves-stole-eight-matisse-prints-from-a-sao-paulo-library-180987818/Weeks After a Brazen Heist, the Louvre Increases Ticket Prices for Non-E.U. Visitors by 45 Percenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weeks-after-a-brazen-heist-the-louvre-increases-ticket-prices-for-non-eu-visitors-by-45-percent-180987793/Officials say the fee hike will help fund a much-needed overhaul of the museum's security systems and infrastructureFri, 05 Dec 2025 18:20:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weeks-after-a-brazen-heist-the-louvre-increases-ticket-prices-for-non-eu-visitors-by-45-percent-180987793/This Painting Hung at a Church in Mexico for 200 Years Before It Was Stolen in 2001. Now, It's Finally Returning Homehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-painting-hung-at-a-church-in-mexico-for-200-years-before-it-was-stolen-in-2001-now-its-finally-returning-home-180987721/Titled "St. Francis of Assisi," the 1747 standing portrait of the church's namesake was stolen in 2001, along with several other itemsFri, 21 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-painting-hung-at-a-church-in-mexico-for-200-years-before-it-was-stolen-in-2001-now-its-finally-returning-home-180987721/Six Ancient Roman Statues Have Been Stolen From Syria's National Museumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/six-ancient-roman-statues-have-been-stolen-from-syrias-national-museum-180987684/The theft is a serious loss for the country's cultural heritage, which had already sustained extensive damage during a long civil warFri, 14 Nov 2025 21:40:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/six-ancient-roman-statues-have-been-stolen-from-syrias-national-museum-180987684/Burglars Just Broke Into the Louvre and Stole Historic Crown Jewels in a Daring Daylight Heisthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/burglars-just-broke-into-the-louvre-and-stole-historic-crown-jewels-in-a-daring-daylight-heist-180987539/In a matter of minutes, thieves climbed a ladder and smashed display cases before fleeing the scene with eight valuable artifacts. The jewels had been housed just 270 yards from the "Mona Lisa"Mon, 20 Oct 2025 20:13:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/burglars-just-broke-into-the-louvre-and-stole-historic-crown-jewels-in-a-daring-daylight-heist-180987539/