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I always wanted to steal a valuable artwork as a kid, and hang it on my wall. I wasn't really into art, and still am not. I wasn't looking for profit. I just wa
by ponker 6y ago
I always wanted to steal a valuable artwork as a kid, and hang it on my wall. I wasn't really into art, and still am not. I wasn't looking for profit. I just wanted to defeat a large system and walk out with something that was "my little secret," that I could look at every morning and think of how I outwitted the system.
Still a thought I have at the back of my head sometimes. Obviously wouldn't do it.
- boreas 6y agoYou might be interested in the novel "The Goldfinch". It's pretty relevant to this post, and somewhat relevant to your comment. But it isn't a heist so to speak.
- ponker 6y agoI read it and hated it. What a lot of words for such little plot motion
- mci 6y agoIn 2000, Claude Monet's Beach in Pourville was stolen from the National Museum in Poznań, Poland. The police suspected a steal-to-order gang. Six years later, an unemployed bricklayer was fingerprinted for not paying alimony to his ex-wife. His fingerprints matched those left in the museum, and the police found the painting behind a wardrobe in his apartment. He told the court that he fell in love with the painting when visiting the museum and wanted to have it all to himself[0]. [0] https://kultura.poznan.pl/mim/kultura/en/news/how-did-beach-in-pourville-get-stolen,152528.html https://kultura.poznan.pl/mim/kultura/en/news/how-did-beach-...
- HAL9OOO 6y agoReminds me of ‘The Thomas Crowne Affair’