Stolen from Museum in Norway [NYT]
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Edvard Munch’s famous paintings “The Scream” and “Madonna” were stolen from an art museum Sunday while stunned museum-goers watched armed men threatening the staff at gunpoint as they took the artworks to a waiting car, police said.
As an art historian, several things come to mind:
- The Scream should be visualized making the Mr. Bill expression I have titled this entry with.
- Somewhere a supervillain strokes a long-haired Persian cat, chuckling.
But it turns out there are multiple versions of The Scream and they get stolen all the time.
Personally, I don’t know why anyone would want to steal that ugly old thing. I wouldn’t want it in my house, even if it was created by a Norwegian…