Theft of the Mona Lisa:
On August 21st, 1911, someone stole the most famous painting in the world from the Louvre. In the investigation that followed, police combed every inch of the famous museum, and some rather unusual suspects were called into question. But the mystery of the lady's disappearance would remain unsolved for two years. As the story unfolds, so does a greater appreciation of Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece.
Guernica: Testimony of War:Pablo Picasso was reluctant to mix art and politics. But in 1937, atrocities perpetrated by Franco on the small Basque village of Guernica during Spain's civil war changed all that. Picasso's Guernica is one of this century's most unsettling indictments of war. Revealing photographs of the work in progress lend insight into Picasso's creative process and his struggle between artistic merit and political imagery, as circumstances transform the stark canvas into a flag of freedom and democracy.
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