Two Piedmontese wine cellars have been burgled in the space of three months, with 6,000 bottles carefully selected and taken. It is almost like a commissioned art heist. Unlike a painting, however, the stolen goods are destined to be uncorked

Two paintings by Antonello da Messina remain missing, following the recovery of four other works abandoned by thieves as they fled. Comparisons with the Louvre, theories and what the authorities’ statistics on the security of Italian museums actually reveal