{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6aecf5265e56bd617c8cabeb/6aecf54774a96cc5a4dd0e42?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Louvre Heist and Shady Billionaire Art Owners","description":"<p>\"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. </p>\n<p>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.\n\n(00:00) Introduction\n(02:30) Recap: the Louvre heist, October 19, 2025\n(04:30) The Isabella Stewart Gardner heist: $500M, still unsolved\n(07:30) The arrests and the mysterious \"sponsor\" named Joe\n(08:30) How basic museum security really is\n(13:00) What was stolen: the Napoleonic crown jewels\n(16:30) The Wildensteins &amp; how art launders money\n(30:00) The $60 billion shadow art market\n(31:00) Restoring Empress Eugénie's crown &amp; the French jewelry houses\n(38:30) The $181M Pollock &amp; Jerry Saltz's takedown of the art market\n\nSubscribe to the Back Row newsletter: https://www.backrow.net/subscribe\nBuy The Parisian Heist: https://amzn.to/4yLV6ex\n\nFollow Back Row: @backrow · Follow Amy: @instamyodell · Follow Jo: @jopiazzaauthor\n\nEdited by Chrissi Harris.</p>\n<p><br></p><p> </p>","author_name":"Amy Odell"}