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Famous American art thief Myles Connor reacts to Louvre Museum heist: 'They will be vilified'
Myles Connor walked into the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and walked out with a Rembrandt painting in the 1980s.
Masked thieves steal “priceless” jewels from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery in a daring daylight robbery, forcing the museum’s sudden closure Sunday.
From the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911 to the French Crown Jewels heist this past weekend, the Parisian museum has seen some audacious crimes over the decades.
The Louvre Museum in Paris was burglarized on Sunday, October 19, 2025. Several imperial jewels were stolen from the Apollo Gallery, resulting in the museum's exceptional closure on Sunday and Monday, October 20.
La Quête du Temps is only on loan to the Louvre and eventually will be added to the Vacheron Constantin archive, but the brand has introduced a 43-millimeter, double-sided wristwatch, called the Métiers d’Art “Tribute to the Quest of Time,” in a limited edition of 20 (price on application).
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati said a theft took place at the Louvre in Paris, which also hosts the famous painting, Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci.
Opening Saturday and running until August 2026, “Exposition Générale” spans 600 exhibits from some 100 artists spread across the 70,000-square-foot exhibition space of the Jean Nouvel-designed building.
How thieves pulled off the extraordinary theft of priceless jewels from the world-famous museum in broad daylight.
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