Edvard Munch’s The Scream was stolen (along with one other Munch painting), in broad daylight, off of the walls of the Munch Museum, in Oslo. There were other museum-goers there, many witnesses. The thieves apparently, in their haste to grab the paintings, smashed the frames.<\/p>\n
What on earth will these guys be able to do with such world-famous and now world-famously STOLEN paintings? They can’t sell them, obviously. One of them will hang it in his cold-water-flat bathroom, and enjoy it in private? What else could they do with it?<\/p>\n
I’m so disturbed by it. Maybe because I have an emotional connection with that painting, and always have. I don’t know. I want the damn thing to be found and returned. I feel like the painting is a living thing. I hope they keep it safe, for God’s sake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Edvard Munch’s The Scream was stolen (along with one other Munch painting), in broad daylight, off of the walls of the Munch Museum, in Oslo. There were other museum-goers there, many witnesses. The thieves apparently, in their haste to grab … Continue reading