The BEST episodes of The Art of Crime

#1 - Versailles, are you there?

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/4/2023

#2 - A ghost at the Opera (2)

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/25/2019

#3 - The Delacroix Code

Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/29/2021

A 40-year-old computer scientist, a great fan of the painter Eugène Delacroix, is found murdered in the toilets of the Louvre museum, after having admired at length his famous painting "Liberty leading the people". Simon, a teenager with extraordinary memory skills, witnessed the tragedy but did not see the murderer's face. In charge of the investigation with police captain Antoine Verlay, art historian Florence Chassagne learns that the painting so admired by the victim must be taken down and transported for an exhibition in Japan.

#4 - A Heart of Stone

Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/22/2021

Antoine and Florence must elucidate the murder of a wealthy collector, a great friend of Pierre Chassagne, passionate about Camille Claudel. As the investigation leads them to the Musée Rodin, all the clues point to the painful love affair that Camille Claudel had with Auguste Rodin. Can hurt love drive you crazy to the point of killing? Could this be the key to the riddle?

#5 - The new Olympia

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/12/2022

A young woman is mysteriously found murdered in a photo studio. Antoine and Florence discover that this murder is linked to "Chez Tortoni", a masterpiece by Édouard Manet that disappeared more than thirty years ago in the mythical theft of the Boston museum. By tracing the stolen painting, will they manage to find the murderer?

#6 - A ghost at the Opera (1)

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/25/2019

#7 - A shadow on the board (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/2018

#8 - The Devil's Painter (2)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/7/2018

#9 - The Devil's Painter (1)

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/2018

#10 - A black work (2)

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/1/2017

#11 - The lost muse

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/2024

#12 - A gallant death (2)

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/24/2017

The investigation continues but the difference in approach between Florence and Antoine complicates the investigation. In addition, the presence of an ex-boyfriend of Florence only complicates the ongoing investigations. Did the victim lead a double existence? What criminal esthete could hold it against him to the point of cutting his throat at the foot of one of the major works of the Louvre? Engaged in his expeditious methods inherited from the PJ from which he was dismissed, Antoine stamps his feet. Little by little, in the corridors of the prestigious establishment, they discover a major clue ...

#13 - Van Gogh's testament

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/7/2021

A historian, special consultant for a television programme about Van Gogh, has been killed. The case seems linked to a theory that's more than a little unsettling: the famous artist didn't commit suicide but was murdered.

#14 - A wounded man (2)

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/2018

#15 - A shadow on the board (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/23/2018

#16 - A wounded man (1)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/30/2018

#17 - The Vampire's Cry

Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 12/19/2022

In the catacombs of Paris, a young woman disguised as a vampire is found murdered, lying in a coffin, a stake driven into her heart... Near the corpse, a reproduction of Munch's painting "Vampire" was found. Antoine and Florence will investigate within the theater troupe in which the victim, an actress, played. But, for our duo, it is difficult to work when feelings get involved...

#18 - A black work (1)

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/1/2017

Delphine, an art historian, is uneasy during a visit to the Louvre Museum, during which specialists assess the degradation of the famous painting 'The Raft of the Medusa', by Théodore Géricault. She died before the arrival of help, her eyes fixed on the monumental canvas. While his divorce has just been pronounced, Antoine takes note of the file. Florence Chassagne, for her part, finishes a psychotherapy session during which she claims to have finally freed herself from all her phobias. Antoine takes him to the Louvre, to collect the first clues and testimonies. Florence knew the victim, who succumbed to poisoning ...

#19 - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/14/2021

A murder has been committed behind the scene at the Moulin Rouge. All the clues point to Estelle Domani, one of the dancers at the renowned cabaret, but suffering from amnesia she is unable to defend herself. A situation made even worse by her all-consuming fascination for the artist Toulouse-Lautrec.

#20 - Natural beauty (2)

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/17/2017

Despite the tensions that arise between Florence and Antoine, Commander Pardo remains convinced of the effectiveness of their duo. He wants them to shed light on the affair of the stolen painting in Amboise. Little by little, Florence comes to accumulate the elements of proof allowing to arrive at a stupefying hypothesis: the portrait of Anne of Brittany would it in fact conceal an unknown work of Leonardo da Vinci? At his side, Antoine essentially wants to solve the murder that was committed in the gardens of the Château d'Amboise, and is not very sensitive to the artistic excitement of his partner ...

#21 - A gallant death (1)

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/24/2017

The Central Office for Combating Trafficking in Cultural Goods is investigating the murder of a student during a party organized in the basements of a prestigious Parisian art school. Florence Chassagne is contacted by Commander Prado to help Antoine Verlay. Their collaboration hardly excites the young policeman. However, Florence sheds precious light during the first investigations. When it appears that the deceased had stolen two works by Watteau, his theory upsets Antoine's certainties. At the same time, Pierre Chassagne's difficulties increased. He then turns to his daughter, but she intends to protect herself now that she is beginning to overcome her recurring psychological difficulties ...

#22 - Natural beauty (1)

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/17/2017

Antoine Verlay is an intuitive police officer who appreciates efficiency and complicated investigations. Appreciated by his hierarchy, he was entrusted by Commander Pardo with a unique dossier. Indeed, at the Château d'Amboise, a painting representing Anne of Brittany was stolen. However, this theft caused a victim: a corpse was found in the gardens. Ignoring everything about Renaissance painting, Verlay was forced to collaborate with Florence Chassagne. This specialist in the history of art is brilliant but totally devoid of tact. Together, they try to determine if the a priori unspecified work does not hide an invaluable painting ...

#23 - The Curse of Osiris (1)

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/1/2019

#24 - The Curse of Osiris (2)

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2019