Miriam Balanescu
@balanescumiriam.bsky.social
Books, film + general culture writer BBC Culture Guardian Sight & Sound AnOther i-D Prospect Mag miriambalanescu(at)outlook(dot)com
it’s almost spooky!
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
it’s almost spooky!
Reposted by Miriam Balanescu
This historical dive article on 70s art heists by @balanescumiriam.bsky.social is also really worth a read!
I wrote about The Mastermind, why there were so many art heists in the 70s and the robber as heartthrob in pop culture for BBC Culture
Didn’t make it into the piece, but Kelly Reichardt said she stole a potato from Whole Foods in the name of research
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
Didn’t make it into the piece, but Kelly Reichardt said she stole a potato from Whole Foods in the name of research
www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
'Paintings were suddenly seen as money': The reason art heists exploded in the 1970s
Acclaimed new film The Mastermind, starring Josh O'Connor, tells the story of an art heist gone wrong. It's inspired by a wave of similar thefts at a time when society was in upheaval.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This historical dive article on 70s art heists by @balanescumiriam.bsky.social is also really worth a read!