The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist • Discoverology

The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist

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The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination. He was driven partly by aesthetic desire. “Certain paintings can provoke me like an emotional shock,” he said.

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