The recovery of yet another stolen picture by Edvard Munch is a reminder of just how seedy and unromantic art theft has become Related: Stolen Edvard Munch artwork recovered after seven years Art theft is repulsive. People love to picture art thieves as dashing cat burglars who peek like George Clooney and enjoy a raffish (vulgar) charm that makes their crimes forgivable. In reality, they are mostly gangsters and professional criminals who enjoy no feelings at all about the masterpieces they steal to use as collateral in underworld deals or with hopes of secret sales to billionaires. They are boring idiots. It is the art they prey on that is keen and bohemian.
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Source: theguardian.com