This article will discuss why does art get stolen. While the motivations are not always financial, often those who break into art galleries to steal art are committing a crime.

1. Art does not belong to the artist

If you saw an artist you respected hanging some paintings on a wall, did they ask you to hang those for them, or did they just assume you would?

Of course, you could argue that you don’t really have any real control of what your friends or family do, but no one asked you to lend your house to someone else to sleep in or put up shelves in your garage.

When you lend your house to someone, you actually do have some control of what happens there. The same holds true with art. It is not their right to take it from you or sell it without your permission.

This is why I have called for laws to be passed that make it illegal to sell the works of art of “influential” artists without the artist’s permission. If the art works are worth millions, then this could go a long way towards stopping the repeated stealing of art.

2. Art costs money to make and sell

While some people make art because they are driven to create, most of them do it to make money. I am an artist, and I sell my work for thousands of dollars.

So I can understand why someone would take my work. It would be hard for me to explain the hard work I put into making that work unless I got the money.

There are also some “free art” sites out there where people sell copies of paintings for pennies, and people happily take that work.

3. Art is “material wealth”

There have been reports that some modern art is becoming more and more valuable, like a Picasso. So this is a double whammy. You are stealing from the artists and at the same time stealing from their clients.

People are looking for those who are creative and talented and are willing to put themselves out there to create something for people to buy. The problem is that a work of art is not just an object. It is more than that.

If someone steals an original Picasso, someone else might use it as a doorstop or wall art. Either way, the work is never going to have the same value that it had before it was stolen.

4. The people who stole art stole from their whole family

At least, that is what it feels like. People who are in charge of an art gallery, like to have a lot of people there at the opening to show their art off and have everyone stand around admiring it.

Then they put a price tag on it and everyone goes home happy. So if someone steals that artwork, then a lot of people in the family are out hundreds of dollars that they could have spent on something else.

5. The artist did not ask for your money

After spending hours and hours working on a painting, then making a lot of money to put it on display in a gallery, the artist is excited to be able to display his or her work.

But instead of being happy to have this work to share with their customers, these artists are being robbed of the opportunity to share their work with others.

When you take a painting off the wall and sell it to someone for money, that is stealing, plain and simple. That is not what the artist would want.

6. Art should be shared freely

The best way for art to continue to be popular is for more and more people to appreciate the creativity and skill that went into making it.

When someone steals it from a gallery, then the artist doesn’t get to see his or her work on display in front of the public. The thief is putting a value on their work that is higher than the one that the artist put on it.

7. Art should have meaning and depth

If an artwork is supposed to be real, then it should have a story that makes sense. If a painting is supposed to symbolize something, then it should have some meaning.

If it is supposed to represent a man or woman or a message about love, then that is a piece that should really be unique. It should mean something to someone that is going to spend hundreds of dollars on a piece of art.

When that is missing, then it has no value and should be removed from the market.

8. Art is tied to the community

When you steal someone’s painting, it has a negative impact on the community. When a painting is stolen, the people in the community lose the chance to see the artwork and enjoy its beauty.

9. If someone is going to make a living off of their artwork, they deserve to be paid

Art is being sold by an artist, and the money made off of that artwork should be rightfully theirs. There are a lot of artists that are living off the money they make from their work.

If someone steals their artwork, then they are stealing from them and there is absolutely no reason for that.

10. There are always people who want to own the original

Most people who own a Picasso wouldn’t even know it was stolen. If it was an original Picasso, then it would probably be impossible for someone to buy it without paying the artist first.

And if it is an original Picasso, then someone would want to own it and keep it for themselves. In a sense, there is no reason to steal an original Picasso, but there are a lot of people who do it anyway because of the money that they can make off of it.