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art theft also makes for good journalism (about the same theft, heist story) https://www.nrc.nl/kunsthal-en/ https://www.nrc.nl/kunsthal-en/
and its still profitable, for people who are good at it. https://www.gq.com/story/secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-art-thief https://www.gq.com/story/secrets-of-the-worlds-greatest-art-...
war is a little different, but leads to similar results https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2014/04/degenerate-art-cornelius-gurlitt-munich-apartment https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2014/04/degenerate-art-corne...
finally, not so much direct theft, but Art World Satan (his own self curated image) Stefan Simchowitz is interesting in his own right, buying up all of someones paintings before they are famous, and flipping them, once he hypes them up enough as the next big thing. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/magazine/the-art-worlds-patron-satan.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/magazine/the-art-worlds-p... https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/is-silicon-valley-destroying-the-art-market https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/is-silicon-valley-de... https://hyperallergic.com/452852/the-notorious-stefan-simchowitz-on-art-dealing-social-media-and-faith-in-art/ https://hyperallergic.com/452852/the-notorious-stefan-simcho... https://hyperallergic.com/172910/stefan-simchowitz-isnt-as-controversial-as-hed-like-you-to-believe/ https://hyperallergic.com/172910/stefan-simchowitz-isnt-as-c... https://www.lamag.com/longform/man-art-gallery-owners-love-hate/ https://www.lamag.com/longform/man-art-gallery-owners-love-h... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-12/hot-new-artist-laments-that-his-work-is-being-flipped-for-profit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-12/hot-new-a... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-06/art-flippers-chase-fresh-stars-as-murillo-s-doodles-soar https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-02-06/art-flipp... https://www.vulture.com/2014/03/saltz-on-the-great-and-powerful-simchowitz.html https://www.vulture.com/2014/03/saltz-on-the-great-and-power...
>Ulman had not yet heard all the stories about Simchowitz’s generosity and its fatal attraction for young, penniless artists whom he lured into Faustian bargains. He would provide them with “all those adult things” they needed and so often lacked: room, board, materials. In exchange for extraordinary support, Simchowitz asked not for his artists’ souls but for their art, a deal that many of his protégés lived to regret.
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