Episode 11: Where the Hell is Mona Lisa?

As all is fair in love and war, such is the wild nature of all things art crime. We begining “Art Theft Month” with the captivating and utterly wild story of the lost and found Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece. Find out what it takes to steal a Renaissance painting, how we’re holding up during the pandemic, why you shouldn’t trust a smirking chick with no eyebrows, and is the painting at the Louvre *actually* Mona? Find out right now!  Stay Safe. Don't Touch Your Face. Wash Your Hands. Our Recommendations!  Podcast: 'Our Plague Year' from Night Vale Presents; Book: The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson.

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Our music was written and recorded by Elene Kadagidze. 

Our cover art was designed by Lindsey Anton-Wood.

List of Public Sources:

• https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-history-101/the-top-6-biggest-art-thefts-in-history

• https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-picasso-trial-stealing-mona-lisa

• https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/treasures-of-the-world/episode-2223250/389223/

• https://noahcharney.smugmug.com/Books/Mona-Lisa

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/20/how-theft-mona-lisa-made-it-worlds-most-famous-painting/

• https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/the-many-thefts-of-mona-lisa/index.html

• https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/15/mona-lisa-was-stolen-in-1911-2/

• https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/mona-lisa-stolen-louvre

• https://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/18/world/europe/mona-lisa-the-theft/index.html

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mona_Lisa