Getting Behind The Art-Theft Mentality

Stealing paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam is an act that hurst us all. “How dare they? Why would they? Van Gogh is so famous, experts argue, the culprits probably will have difficulty selling the works for the millions they’re worth. Assuming this isn’t the more whimsical scenario of a team of genuine van Gogh fanatics, the audacity of the heist wildly overshadows the practical financial benefit. Yet, such thievery happens.”