Art Crime Research Paper
Did you know that the FBI had its own art crime fighting team? Even though art theft might not be all around the news all the time, does not mean it does not exist. There are thousands of stolen property around the world and the FBI is fighting to deter crime and hopefully get the stolen artifacts back. “The FBI established a rapid deployment Art Crime Team in 2004. The team is composed of 16 special agents, each responsible for addressing art and cultural property crime cases in an assigned geographic region. The Art Crime Team is coordinated through the FBI’s Art Theft Program, located at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Art Crime Team agents receive specialized training in art and cultural property investigations and assist in art related
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For example In Norwegian Munch Museum, 2004. Thieves stole two paintings both from the artist Edvard Munch. “Scream” and “Madonna”. The estimated value of the two paintings together was about 19 million dollars. Both paintings were recovered in the year 2006. In 2012 a painting called “Poppy Flowers” by Van Gogh was stolen from an Egyptian Mahmoud Khalil Museum. The estimated value of this painting was 55 million dollars. The painting has not been recovered yet. The biggest art theft in history happened in Boston at the Stewart Gardner Museum, 1990. There were a variety of art pieces stolen and it has been considered the largest art theft in history because the estimated value of all items together was 500 million dollars. All of these art pieces are either a sign of history or had sentimental values worth millions of dollars. The amount of money put into these paintings have a huge …show more content…
Art theft is happening and no matter the price, there are some with sentimental values that can make them more valuable than a 55 million dollar painting. Art theft is very important to a lot of many and just because it does not happen to you, does not mean that it does not exist. There are many resources such as the Art Loss Register that will help many people recover their painting and help buyers make sure they are not stealing a stolen painting. Art theft is very important and it’s something that we should all try to
For example In Norwegian Munch Museum, 2004. Thieves stole two paintings both from the artist Edvard Munch. “Scream” and “Madonna”. The estimated value of the two paintings together was about 19 million dollars. Both paintings were recovered in the year 2006. In 2012 a painting called “Poppy Flowers” by Van Gogh was stolen from an Egyptian Mahmoud Khalil Museum. The estimated value of this painting was 55 million dollars. The painting has not been recovered yet. The biggest art theft in history happened in Boston at the Stewart Gardner Museum, 1990. There were a variety of art pieces stolen and it has been considered the largest art theft in history because the estimated value of all items together was 500 million dollars. All of these art pieces are either a sign of history or had sentimental values worth millions of dollars. The amount of money put into these paintings have a huge …show more content…
Art theft is happening and no matter the price, there are some with sentimental values that can make them more valuable than a 55 million dollar painting. Art theft is very important to a lot of many and just because it does not happen to you, does not mean that it does not exist. There are many resources such as the Art Loss Register that will help many people recover their painting and help buyers make sure they are not stealing a stolen painting. Art theft is very important and it’s something that we should all try to