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11 Books About Art Heists That Are Almost as Thrilling as Raiding the Louvre

Obsessed with unsolved painting theft and the underbelly of the art world? Allow us to recommend your next read.

Marie Claire

From Zohran to Acetaminophen: the top mispronounced words of 2025

The theft of France’s crown jewels from the Louvre in October had many people mispronouncing the name of the world’s most-visited museum

The Independent UK

French art museum nicknamed ‘Little Louvre’ reopens after 14 years

The Basque country museum houses an extensive collection of Old Masters said to rival the Louvre’s

The Independent UK

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Fourth suspected Louvre thief remanded as €88m jewels remain missing

A 39-year-old man suspected of taking part in the Louvre heist was remanded into custody on Tuesday, joining three others already in detention. French prosecutors said he is believed to be the fourth and final member of the masked gang accused of stealing jewels worth an estimated $102 million.

Radio France Internationale

A Louvre Museum burgling history

This week on The Sound Kitchen, you’ll hear the answer to the question about the OTHER famous theft from the Louvre Museum. There are your answers to the bonus question on “The Listeners Corner”, and a tasty musical dessert on Erwan Rome’s “Music from Erwan”. All that and the new…

Radio France Internationale

Louvre Museum to hike ticket price by 45 percent for non-EU visitors

Paris's Louvre Museum said it would raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning American, British and Chinese tourists will be among those paying €32 for entry – an increase of €10 on the current admission price. Prices will also increase at four other establishments, including the Château de Versailles.

Radio France Internationale

Louvre hikes ticket prices weeks after art heist

It will help to pay for an overhaul of the historic building

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Police arrest four new suspects over Louvre royal jewels heist

French authorities have arrested four more people in the investigation into October's theft of imperial jewels from the Louvre museum, the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Four more people arrested in connection with Louvre heist

French media say those held include alleged final member of four-person gang who broke into museum

The Guardian - UK

Four more suspects arrested over Louvre jewellery heist, Paris prosecutors say

Two men and two women from the Paris region have been taken into custody in connection with the theft at the Louvre last month, prosecutors said.

Euronews

Louvre boss admits 'responsibility' and pledges security boost after jewel heist

The embattled head of Paris's Louvre Museum has promised a bigger police presence, including inside the museum, and security cameras to prevent future thefts, following last month's €87 million jewel heist.

Radio France Internationale

How the Louvre thieves exploited human psychology to avoid suspicion – and what it reveals about AI

On a sunny morning on October 19 2025, four men allegedly walked into the world’s most-visited museum and left, minutes later, with crown jewels worth €88 million (£76 million). The theft from Paris’s Louvre Museum – one of the world’s most surveilled cultural institutions – took just under eight minutes.

The Conversation

Louvre museum in Paris shuts gallery over structural safety fears

The Louvre Museum has announced that it has closed one of its galleries as a precaution after an audit revealed structural weaknesses in some of the beams in the building. This is a further setback for the renowned institution which came under the spotlight last month after a daring jewellery…

Radio France Internationale

Ruroc Launches Gem Collection as Part of “The Heist”, Unfortunate Timing for the Louvre

Ruroc is launching the

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The Independent UK

LISTEN: What we know about the Louvre crown jewel heist as told by AP reporter John Leicester

In this episode of The Story Behind the AP Story, we hear from chief correspondent in Paris, John Leicester covering the Louvre heist — a stunning theft that has shaken the art world and raised questions about museum security. We break down what happened, what authorities know so far, and…

The Independent UK

Ancient Roman-era marble statues taken in audacious museum theft

The National Museum of Damascus is closed while authorities investigate

Euronews

Russian passports and listed jewels: How the internet went wild for fake news about the Louvre heist

From sharing pictures of supposed detectives to snaps of suspects purportedly tied to the Louvre heist case, false claims about the case have gone wild across the internet.

Euronews

Louvre 'detective' mystery case solved as mystery man in viral photo speaks out

A teenager from a Colombian family who went viral as the Louvre's mystery "Fedora man" has finally broken his silence to reveal how he ended up in that enigmatic photo, how it's affected his life and why he chose to keep the world guessing about his real identity.

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International Business Times UK

Louvre 'Fedora Man' Identity Revealed: No, He's Not AI — He's a 15-Year-Old Teenager

The viral Louvre 'Fedora Man' mystery is finally solved. The sharply dressed figure is not AI but a real 15-year-old whose photo took the internet by storm. Here is what he said!

The Independent UK

Who is ‘fedora man’? The French teenager in Louvre heist photo identified

Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist

Tom’s Guide

3 things you can do to be make your home more secure than the Louvre

It's surprisingly easy to make your home more secure than a famous museum with these three tips.

TechRadar

No wonder it got hit - report claims password for the Louvre’s video surveillance system was...“LOUVRE”

Using “LOUVRE” as a password, and running Windows 2000/Windows Server 2003 certainly didn’t help.

The Independent UK

Louvre vows to restore the imperial crown dropped by thieves during museum robbery

The diamond and emerald-studded crown of Empress Eugénie, which was found damaged near the Louvre after being dropped by thieves during last month's robbery, will be restored as a symbol of “renaissance,” the museum's director Laurence des Cars said

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Jack Whitehall's Louvre heist jokes fell flat at Monaco gig

Comedian Jack Whitehall has recalled how an audience in Monaco were far from impressed when he poked fun at the recent Louvre heist while hosting a jewellery awards ceremony.

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The Louvre was robbed and the lone viral mugshot of the criminal just forced the ‘suspect’ to post on Instagram

Even his friends thought it was him.

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