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The Art of Crime
TV series / 2017

The Art of Crime

CrimeDrama

★ 6.7/10Audience rating

Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks …

The story

Fired for insubordination, PJ Antoine Verlay, good cop but a blood strand and having difficulty working as a team, is attached to the OCBC (Central Office for the fight against Traffic in Cultural Goods) thanks to the intervention of the commander Pardo, his friend who becomes, therefore, his new superior. A clever investigator, but a stranger to everything related to culture, Antoine will have to work with Florence Chassagne, renowned art historian, who lives, speaks and breathes culture, to the point that - fruit of her great imagination - it happens to her in the midst of daydreams, to see and talk to the great artists who have disappeared as if they were familiar to her.

The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 2017 · 6 episodes Season details

He's clueless about art and she's phobic without him, but together Captain Verlay and Florence manage to solve high-profile art crimes in the heart of Paris.

Season 2 Season 2 2018 · 6 episodes Season details

Detective Antoine Verlay, an intuitive and tenacious police officer, and renowned art historian Florence Chassagne, team up to solve crimes in the French art world. This popular French series and emerging U.S. cult favorite combines sleuthing, romance, art and beautiful Paris scenery for an enchanting series with echoes of Moonlighting.

Season 3 Season 3 2019 · 2 episodes Season details

A detective and an art historian once again team up to investigate crimes linked to the world of art, think the Da Vinci Code as a two-part series. This witty French crime show offers a fresh take on the genre, coupled with great shots of Paris.

Season 4 Season 4 2021 · 2 episodes Season details

A hot-headed and uncultured cop, Captain Antoine Verlay gets assigned against his will to the Central Office for the Fight against Trafficking in Cultural Goods and teams up with wildly imaginative art historian Florence Chaddagne to solve art-related murder cases. Good thing they have Florence's art historian father in the wings for consultation. Through their intriguing investigations they delve into the history of great artists and follow in the footsteps of renowned masters. The cases lead them through the spectacular cultural landscape of Paris. The unlikely duo learns that the key to understanding the crimes lies in the works of art themselves. They also learn they can no longer do without each other... to solve the investigations.

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Season 5 Season 5 2021 · 2 episodes Season details

Cast chemistry, breathtaking art and the city of love make The Art of Crime one of the most addictive series going. Follow art historian Florence Chassagne (Eléonore Bernheim) as she assists the clueless-about-art Captain Verlay (Nicolas Gob, A French Village) as they solve murders and thefts involving the art of some of France’s greatest artists.

Season 6 Season 6 2022 · 2 episodes Season details

Antoine Verlay, an unsympathetic police officer but a good researcher, and Florence Chassagne, a renowned but neurotic art historian, are forced to work together in the field of art trafficking. Antoine knows nothing about art, but Florence regularly has conversations in her head with deceased painters. To solve the crimes, the mismatched duo must decipher paintings to learn the artist's personality and understand the thief's motivations.

Season 7 Season 7 2023 · 2 episodes Season details

Antoine Verlay, intuitive and tenacious police officer, and the renowned art historian Florence Chassagne, have become totally interdependent... when it comes to solving crime. A touch of romance and fascinating crimes to investigate in the world of art: the perfect combination a brand new season!

Season 8 Season 8 2025 · 2 episodes Season details

Antoine Verlay, an intuitive and stubborn cop, and Florence Chassagne, a renowned art historian, can no longer do without each other... to solve investigations. Romantic tensions and criminal cases in the art world intertwine in this new season!

Season 9 Season 9 2026 · 2 episodes Season details

Antoine Verlay and Florence Chassagne return for two new investigations that will plunge them into the world of two immense artists: Cézanne and David. From the ochre landscapes of Aix-en-Provence and Mont Sainte-Victoire, to the wax figures illustrating the tumultuous French Revolution at the Musée Grévin, and including the famous galleries of the Louvre, our duo will have to be ingenious to understand the intimate connection between the murderers they are pursuing and these masterpieces of painting. Our two investigators will also have to unravel the true nature of their feelings for one another because, while the word "friendship" can be used loosely, desire does not lie.

Cast

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Gavril DartevelleMaxime Verlay Nicolas WanczyckiPsychanalyste de Florence Bertrand CombeClaude Monet Nicolas MariéMichel Toussaint Miou-MiouCatherine Dutilleul Louis-Do de LencquesaingCharles Varane Anto MelaMathieu Graziella DelermSophie Granger Xavier de GuillebonDirecteur du musée Christophe LaparraChristian Lambert Pierre BenoistOfficier gendarmerie Blandine BonelliMédecin légiste Michel CarliezHomme au couteau Élisa SergentGuide musée Léo ReynaudTraducteur codex David SevierAvocat Varane William Claude JanAvocat Dutilleul 2 Sylvain BégertTechnicien labo Mehdi MessouciYanis Stagiaire labo Venantino VenantiniLeonard de Vinci Fleur GeffrierAmalia Rossi Linda BouhenniJade Laoud Camille AguilarKarine Pailleux Frédéric PellegeayRichard Doinel Patrice PujolAlain Robak Jérémie DuvallVincent Tissot Catherine WilkeningNathalie Minsky Joséphine DraïEmilie Bazin Emmanuel LeconteThéodore Géricault François FeroletoBruno Daubracq Patricia ThibaultDelphine Etiembe Diego JaspardArthur Etiembe Charles TemplonFabien Delessert Alexia BarlierMarie Seghers Guillaume MarquetFrédéric Roussel Maud ForgetSandra Chevais Léna BrébanLaurence Roussel Patrick MédioniEx Complice Julien BoisselierJérôme Kalanski Viktor KlepalAntoine Verlay Enfant Pascal CasanovaGustave Courbet Aliocha ItovichMarco Michel LerousseauPère Thomas RufusPère Christophe Michaël ErpeldingDaniel Sanchez Manon ElezaarLaura Montet Matila MalliarakisCédric Montet Déborah KreyCéleste Lafleur Garlan Le MartelotMario Carras Valentin PinetteLe Petit Garçon Benjamin BarocheJérôme Bosch Catherine MarchalPatricia Richter Barbara SchulzNathalie Donati Florence PernelJeanne Dulac Garance ThénaultCamille Claudel Mathieu MadénianVictor Chinsky Fauve HautotMathilde Beltan Stéphane BernJulien Quignard Cécile RebboahIsabelle Arnaud Bruno SoloHenri de Toulouse-Lautrec Sara MortensenEstelle Domani Agustín GalianaEsteban Cortes Bruno DebrandtEdgar Degas Amaury de CrayencourAurélien Dufour Clémentine CélariéNathalie Vallon Samuel LabartheAndré Jaumard Maxime BergeronSimon Delage Bertrand NadlerAntoine Watteau

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