I bet the thief does not feel nearly the amount of shame this artist thinks s/he does.

My photographer friend had three pieces stolen from her show in the Lynnwood library. They apparently did it at the end of the day when foot traffic was low, and ran out through the emergency exit. People are terrible.

Get over yourself. Art is not so sacred that anyone who steals it must necessarily feel eternal shame in their souls. Maybe they just thought it was an ugly piece of shit that the world would be better without.

I once took over the lease for someone years ago who was (apparently) a kleptomaniac- with art. But I thought she was just being nice, leaving certain framed pieces for me in the house. Little by little people would come over and say, "did you steal this from Sirens [local bar]?" Or, "You know this was stolen from his last art show, right?" It took awhile but I gave all the art back to its rightful owners. But really... strange one to me.

@3: Nice, asshole. It isn't about sacred - it's about property. My car isn't sacred but I'd still be pissed if someone stole it.

I tried to frame my friend's roommate in an art-theft scandal, but it ended up going no where.

People who steal have no feelings.

@5 - The writer seems to think it was a lot more than just property. No one would steal art unless they were drunk, lacking a conscience, later felt shame, believed themselves to be and idiot and lied about their actions, in this artist's view. Art is sooooo special that way. Maybe the thief was cold and wanted to burn it. Maybe the thief thought she could sell it a flea market to make a buck to feed her family. Again, get over yourselves. If it was just property, the letter would simply say: "Hey fucker who stole my piece of art: You suck. Give it back."

yeah stealing sucks. now let's get real, insurance bitches! tell it to your gallery.
next.

@9 - One of them already did, but you see me bitching to The Stranger about it.

1. Stealing shit from an art show is one of the nastiest forms of theft imho. Comparable to going over to someone's house for a party and stealing their valuables.

2. If galleries are gonna open their doors for an art show in the evenings, provide alcohol, etc. then they really need to have insurance for this.

Art is worthless. Stealing can be bad.

If you overcharge for your Art, you are an asshole. Art can't be free, logistically, but when you charge $120 for a throw pillow and call it art, that shit is getting STOLEN.

"Hey, im a drunk guy in a gallery, Wow this piece of art really speaks to me, wow its $400.00, what an asshole this person is to think that they captured $400.00 worth of ART, whoa I totally just took it and nobody stopped me."

My sentiments also apply to TV, Comic books, Books, Movies and Food.