Art Thief
Thursday, March 27, 2025 • 11am
Location: Smith Crossing, 10501 Emilie Lane, Orland Park, IL
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Stéphane Breitwieser stole from more than 200 museums and galleries across Europe, amassing a collection worth an estimated $2 billion. Never resorting to violence, stealing during daylight hours, or selling his conquests — rather keeping them for his own personal enjoyment — makes Breitwieser’s story one of the most captivating.
Told in his #1 New York Times best-selling book, The Art Thief, author Michael Finkel joins us at Smith Village on Thursday, March 27th for an in-depth look at Breitwieser’s brazen crimes, his brilliant mind and the spectacular events that brought everything crashing down.
Don’t miss out on this fascinating afternoon discussion.