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Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts by John Barelli

Stealing the Show: A History of Art and Crime in Six Thefts

John Barelli

232 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir true crime informative medium-paced
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer by Anne-Marie O'Connor

The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt's Masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer

Anne-Marie O'Connor

368 pages • first pub 2012 (editions)

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nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair

The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

Kassia St. Clair

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative fast-paced
All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me by Patrick Bringley

All The Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me

Patrick Bringley

240 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

nonfiction art memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece by Laura Cumming

The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece

Laura Cumming

320 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative medium-paced
Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas by Donna M. Lucey

Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas

Donna M. Lucey

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history informative slow-paced
Rogues' Gallery: The Rise (and Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art by Philip Hook

Rogues' Gallery: The Rise (and Occasional Fall) of Art Dealers, the Hidden Players in the History of Art

Philip Hook

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

informative slow-paced
The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War by Lynn H. Nicholas

The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe's Treasures in the Third Reich and the Second World War

Lynn H. Nicholas

498 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative slow-paced
Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece by Noah Charney

Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece

Noah Charney

336 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction art history reflective fast-paced
The Art Thief by Noah Charney

The Art Thief

Noah Charney

290 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction mystery thriller mysterious fast-paced