Art of the Heist

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Across
  1. 2. Art thief Vjeran Tomic was given this nickname for his penchant for scaling the sides of buildings in Paris to steal valuable items
  2. 4. therefore
  3. 6. separate
  4. 7. “Poppy Flowers” by this Dutch artist has been stolen twice, two words
  5. 8. fried Hanukkah treats
  6. 10. Canada's largest art heist saw thieves entering through this
  7. 12. prefix meaning not
  8. 16. Jan van Eyck’s Ghent _______ is the most frequently stolen artwork in history
  9. 21. The biggest unsolved art theft in history was from the Isabella __ Gardner Museum
  10. 22. stealing artwork for ransom
  11. 24. steak order
  12. 25. Robbers of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm in 2000 threw ______ on the road to obstruct police cars
  13. 26. _____ and grab
  14. 27. The getaway vehicle when the Rembrandt was stolen for the second time
  15. 28. gallery security worker
  16. 29. Maurizio Cattelan’s America, a fully functioning gold ________, was stolen from the Blenheim Palace
Down
  1. 1. paintings were stolen from the Whitworth Art Gallery in the UK supposedly to draw attention to its poor ________
  2. 2. Art thief Stephane Beitweiser was convinced he suffered from this syndrome
  3. 3. _____ Picasso is the most stolen artist
  4. 5. calf-length trousers
  5. 9. this FBI unit was formed in 2003 to recover artifacts from the Iraq Museum
  6. 11. Art forger Pei-Shen Qian used these to age paintings, two words
  7. 13. bullfight call
  8. 14. The theft of Rembrandt’s ¬“__ Bartholomew” was part of the first ever armed art robbery
  9. 15. yellow fruit
  10. 17. involving more than one
  11. 18. Polish pirates stole Dutch painter Hans Memling’s The Last Judgement while it was traveling by ship to this Italian city
  12. 19. sweet frozen dessert, two words
  13. 20. The Scream was stolen from this city on the opening day of the Olympics
  14. 23. Documentation that proves the authenticity of an artwork