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You'd think paintings worth large amounts of money they would add GPS trackers and motion detectors into the frame.
by nodesocket 7y ago
You'd think paintings worth large amounts of money they would add GPS trackers and motion detectors into the frame.
- moioci 7y agoUsually the frames are left behind. https://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/393565096/25-years-after-art-heist-empty-frames-still-hang-in-bostons-gardner-museum https://www.npr.org/2015/03/18/393565096/25-years-after-art-...
- quesera 7y agoOften, the canvases are cut from the frames with boxcutters. I understand that an art heist is a high pressure event with little spare time for niceties, but this willful damage might be the thing I find most offensive.