Thick as Thieves

The season finale of Season 2! We’re wrapping up this season with one of the biggest names in art history. Back in the 16th century, Italian master Carravagio was dabbling in a lot more than oil paints and chiaroscuro. His rap sheet includes gambling, theft, and even murder! In between creating his devastating and beautiful masterpieces, this scrappy artist lived a hardboiled life of crime. On this week’s episode, we discuss his lesser-known felonious legacy. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram. Music by Patrick Damphier. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes.

We delve into 1997 story of a stolen Gustav Klimt painting that stumped the world. It's a page-turner, a cliffhanger, and a nail-biter all in one.

Discussing the tumultuous, and eventually fatal, relationship between artists Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre.

This week, we delve into a recent crime in Berlin where, Rebeccah Blum, a distinguished American curator was found stabbed to death by her boyfriend a renowned British photographer.

Discussing the bizarre desire to set your art on fire. Scott Campbell, the celebrity tattooist turned artworld star committed an art crime against himself.

If a painting exists as a cultural provocation and receives a cultural provocation, is the provocateur guilty? Barnett Newman found out first hand.

Have you ever been so overwhelmed when viewing an artwork that you felt compelled to kiss it? Here's multiple instances where that compulsion is exactly the case.

This week we discuss the fateful day a 51-year old Czech artist smashed a framed painting over Marina Abramović’s head during her major retrospective in Florence, Italy. Then Abramović boldly confronted her attacker. How did he respond? Why did he do it? Did she press charges? Listen to find out. Follow Thick as Thieves on Instagram. Music by Patrick Damphier. Show artwork by Saskia Keultjes.

Season 2 of Thick as Thieves shines a light on Art Destruction and Vandalism, starting with the most vandalizable piece around; Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain."

A soggy theft at The Loovre (yes, Loovre) results in three extremely valuable paintings being stolen. Was it a prank or a rebellious act? Find out.