Dali artwork worth millions stolen in French museum heist

The massive work featuring a bronze cover designed by the renowned Spanish artist is the latest target in a string of high-profile thefts A multimillion-euro artwork featuring a massive bronze cover designed by Salvador Dali has been stolen from a museum in central France. It is the latest in a string of high-profile thefts targeting the country’s cultural institutions. Thieves took the artwork from the Centre of Contemporary Art in Issoire overnight to Monday. Prosecutors described it as an “exceptional and unique” work of “great value” and opened a criminal investigation. The stolen work is Joseph Foret’s ‘Livre de l’Apocalypse’ (The Book of the Apocalypse), a monumental 210kg volume produced between 1958 and 1961 with contributions from prominent figures in 20th-century art and literature, including Dali, Jean Cocteau, Bernard Buffet, and Jean Giono. Its roughly 150kg bronze casing, designed by Dali, is decorated with gold, precious stones, and seashells. The one-of-a-kind book has been described as among the world’s heaviest and most expensive, with its value estimated at several million euros. The Issoire theft is the latest in a string of high-profile robberies to hit French ...