'Our cultural institutions not safe: If they could break into the Louvre, they can get in anywhere'

Nine months after one of the most daring museum thefts in recent history, the Louvre's Apollo Gallery is reopening. Yet per art recovery expert Christopher Marinello, the incident has illuminated a central tension within cultural institutions: the need to remain open and accessible to the public while increasingly confronting threats from sophisticated organized crime. When even the world's most famous museum can be successfully targeted, it raises a sobering question—is any museum truly secure?

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