Bram van Velde, “Untitled, Tardais” (1959), oil on canvas, 51 x 76-3/4 inches, private collection, Belgium (via members.chello.nl) The postwar art scene in Paris was dominated on one side by a ...

The French adore their pop culture but they've never been the best at exporting it. Take the case of Arsène Lupin, the gentleman thief created by novelist Maurice Leblanc in 1905. Lupin's adventures ...