The Art of Crime

Synopsis

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.

First Air Date: 2017-11-17

Last Air Date: 2026-03-02

Number of Seasons: 9

Number of Episodes: 26

Created By: Angèle Herry-Leclerc, Pierre-Yves Mora

Networks: France 2

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Top Cast

Nicolas Gob as Antoine Verlay
Éléonore Bernheim as Florence Chassagne
Philippe Duclos as Pierre Chassagne
Benjamin Egner as Commandant Alexandre Pardo
Salomé Partouche as Adèle Attias
Emmanuel Noblet as Hugo Prieur
Farida Rahouadj as La psy
Ambroise Sabbagh as Greg
Dounia Coesens as Juliette Mariton
Zuri François as Thomas Verlay

Seasons

Season 1 (2017) - (6 Episodes)

Season 2 (2018) - (6 Episodes)

Season 3 (2019) - (2 Episodes)

Season 4 (2021) - (2 Episodes)

Season 5 (2021) - (2 Episodes)

Season 6 (2022) - (2 Episodes)

Season 7 (2023) - (2 Episodes)

Season 8 (2025) - (2 Episodes)

Season 9 (2026) - (2 Episodes)

Season 1 (2017)

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.

Episodes:

Ep. 1: A Natural Beauty (1) (2017-11-17)

The theft of an obscure Renaissance portrait uncovers a sensational 15th-century secret.
Ep. 2: A Natural Beauty (2) (2017-11-17)

Florence finds herself accused of art fraud as Captain Verlay searches for answers.
Ep. 3: A Murderous Party (1) (2017-11-24)

An art student is killed during a party inspired by 18th-century paintings.
Ep. 4: A Murderous Party (2) (2017-11-24)

Florence and Verlay uncover a secret that may shed light on their victim's death.
Ep. 5: A Work in Black (1) (2017-12-01)

A Louvre curator dies from poisoning in front of a Géricault painting depicting death and agony.
Ep. 6: A Work in Black (2) (2017-12-01)

Florence and Verlay use Géricault's "Portraits of the Insane" to track down the killer.