Based on the GQ article by Alex W. Palmer, the story follows a slew...
Based on the GQ article by Alex W. Palmer, the story follows a slew of museum art robberies that occurred in Europe, in which specific Chinese antiquities were stolen – ones from a raid of the country’s old Summer Palace in 1860 by French soldiers.
No one knows who the thieves are, but the works of art continually wind up back in China where a new generation of wealthy Chinese people collect...
Based on the GQ article by Alex W. Palmer, the story follows a slew of museum art robberies that occurred in Europe, in which specific Chinese antiquities were stolen – ones from a raid of the country’s old Summer Palace in 1860 by French soldiers.
No one knows who the thieves are, but the works of art continually wind up back in China where a new generation of wealthy Chinese people collect artifacts from the old Summer Palace.