Fifty Years After Major Montreal Art Theft, Trail Has Gone Cold and Nobody’s Talking

The Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes

MONTREAL—Fifty years after what has been described as the biggest art heist in Canadian history, the thieves’ identity remains a mystery, and nobody is keen to talk about it.

From the Montreal police to the art museum that was burgled, from Canadian Heritage to the Quebec Culture Department, mum’s the word on the Skylight Caper.