Melbourne's own art caper

Life and Crimes with Andrew Rule by audio@news.com.au

Jul 17, 202637:16Society & Culture

It's one of Australia's enduring unsolved art crimes: the theft of a Picasso from the National Gallery of Victoria. Now, 40 years later, author A.T. Prewitt has imagined who could have been behind the crime. Find more ab...

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