In the first half, journalist Michael Finkel joined George Knapp to discuss The Art Thief, his new book on Stéphane Breitweiser, the notorious French art "collector" whose compulsions led him to steal about $2 billion in museum masterpieces. Breitweiser was distinct among other art thieves both in volume —he's known to have stolen from over 300 museums, far more than his colleagues in crime— and in his motivation, said Finkel: he never resold the pieces he stole, but instead kept them because he loves art. Raised in a wealthy family with its own expensi… Lees meer