Don’t believe the Hollywood hype | Editorial — The Guardian view on art heists

Audacious robberies are a staple of popular culture. But for museums, crimes like this week’s theft of two Renoirs are an existential threatMarc Allégret’s 1956 comedy Plucking the Daisy stars a young Brigitte Bardot as a first-time auth…

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