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Stealing Mona Lisa: the loss of art and our identity
It was fast and brazen.
In less than eight minutes, thieves stole jewellery worth over 130 million dollars from the Louvre in Paris. It was a daytime job while visitors were admiring the very jewellery that would soon be taken.
You may think crimes of art don’t happen very often because we don’t hear about them. But in fact art and cultural property worth billions of dollars are stolen annually. It’s a significant and costly issue.
Why do we feel a sense of loss, sadness – even anger – when we lose art? How does art reflect who we are and our identity? Sally Hickson, an art historian…
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