MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
By Alex W. Palmer @ GQ.com, Aug. 16
Strange how it keeps happening, how the greatest works of Chinese art keep getting brazenly stolen from museums around the world. Is it a conspiracy? Vengeance for treasures plundered years ago? We sent Alex W. Palmer to investigate the trail of theft and the stunning rumor: Is the Chinese government behind one of the boldest art-crime waves in history?