Here they are at the National Gallery, almost all at once, all those modern artists we came here to see, those we have come here to report having seen later.
Famous Artworks That Have Been Stolen More Than Once
By Francesca Coppola/Feb. 16, 2021 12:46 am EDT
Art heists are fascinating. Sophisticated thieves, shady buyers, orchestrated burglaries, and the mysterious intrigues of the underworld keep captivating people s imagination. Stealing art isn t a new thing. According to the Guardian, the first recorded art crime was carried out in 1473 by Polish pirates who kidnapped a triptych from a church in Florence and took it to the city of Gdansk, where it still is today.
Yet for some reason there are legendary artworks that have been stolen several times. But when it is notoriously difficult to sell on well-known works even on the black market, who would risk repeatedly targeting such paintings and why? asks journalist Riah Pryor at the Art Newspaper