After the stolen of Van Gogh, and what we should do

You may recently heard about a thief steal a Vincent van Gogh painting from the Singer Laren Museum in the Netherlands. Released security footage reveals how a thief was able to steal. 

The robber arrived to the museum on a motorcycle, broke in by smashing reinforced glass doors with a sledgehammer. Leaving the scene, the thief took Van Gogh’s The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring (1884), carrying the painting under his right arm. The video took place around 3.15 a.m. on March 30.

“It looks like they very deliberately targeted this one Van Gogh painting”   police spokesperson Maren Wonder said. She has called on visitors to the museum in the days before its March 14 closure to come forward with any possible information, and share any photos or videos they took on the premises, if they can realize that another visitor was behaving suspiciously. The police have reportedly received 56 tips from the public about the theft, but there have been no arrests.

“The burglar broke through a number of doors and several layers of security”. the museum’s managing director, Evert van Os, said in a statement. She hopes that the footage should yield useful tips and that the painting should be returned undamaged to the Groninger Museum as soon as possible.

About the painting

The Parsonage Garden (1884) by Van Gogh.The painting was on loan from the Groninger Museum. The oil-on-paper work measures roughly 10 by 22 inches, and was painted around the same time as Van Gogh’s famous The Potato Eaters.

Sources: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/van-gogh-thief-used-sledgehammer-1843020

Experts Weigh in on How to Protect Your Art During a Lockdown

As art galleries and museums around the world began shuttering for an indefinite period of the pandemic, nefarious actors were gearing up to exploit the unprecedented situation.

Nightmares has come

Smaller institutions and empty private homes with museum-caliber collections are particularly vulnerable, but larger institutions are not infallible and should also take time to review their security measures. With limited physical staff on the ground, and preoccupied emergency services slower to react, the chances of thieves escaping with irreplaceable treasures is a real risk, even for the most sophisticated institutions. Leading security experts tells their tips for how museums can guard themselves against theft during lockdown. FBI’s art crime team in New York tells that museums are always at risk of theft carried out by those who are well prepared and determined to steal, regardless of the circumstances.FBI’s art crime team in New York tells that museums are always at risk of theft carried out by those who are well prepared and determined to steal, regardless of the circumstances.

Cyber Crimes Protection

The physical security of museums and galleries is not the only thing at risk right now, as more galleries have rapidly transferred their day-to-day business operations to the digital marketplace. There has been an uptick in cybercrime across all industries and the often less than tech-savvy art world particularly needs to guard itself against attacks. 

Cybercriminals are plying their illicit trade by hacking into gallery websites, using phishing scams to gain access to invoice records. They may also set up hoax donation pages for major institutions, small galleries, and even artists, to try to exploit fundraising efforts for relief for lost staff wages or declining revenue. Businesses should be wary of emails with links or attachments—some are being sent out disguised as safety guidelines and prevention tips, or even government bailout programs—that turn out to be ransomware or other cyberattacks.The public must be extra diligent about where they are clicking and where they are entering their sensitive information, such as credit card details. Digital security measures must be put in place.

CCTV, Deterrents and Physical Barriers

In terms of the physical threats collections face. Visible security cameras and signage indicating the presence of cameras can be powerful enough to put a criminal off, as can basic interventions such as bright lighting.

Installing temporary barriers at entry points could help block illicit entry. In the event of a theft, this kind of barrier can also slow a criminal down from exiting the building with a piece of art or artifact. Other measures include glass security film to prevent smash and grab heists.Instead of the glass shattering upon impact, it will spider and make it more difficult and time consuming to break in.

Temperature and Humidity Control

It’s important for museums and galleries to be extra vigilant when it comes to factors that can damage art like shifts in temperature or humidity in rooms storing art, open doors and windows.

When museums are vacated in a hurry, common sense conservation practices might fall to the wayside, it would be worthwhile to have monitoring temperature and humidity.This is the situationstolearning opportunities and new chances to improve future plans

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