We like to think of artists as visionaries — untouchable, almost myth-like figures whose work defines entire eras. But what happens when the story behind the art is far less admirable?

In this episode of Canvas of Crimes, we step away from stolen masterpieces and forgeries and look at something more uncomfortable: the artists themselves. From Caravaggio, who fled Rome after committing a crime, to Pablo Picasso, briefly entangled in the aftermath of the Mona Lisa theft — these stories blur the line between brilliance and wrongdoing.

Some acts were violent, others political, some simply reckless. But all of them remind us that even great artists can be far from saints.

Listen now to Episode 6 of Canvas of Crimes.