Where Did All the Art Go?

       There are some pieces of art that are very precious and well protected. Then there is are that is frequently stolen, and then there is art that is well protect because it is frequently stolen. According to and article by The Guardian, there are 35,000 items in Interpol's stolen art database. There are piece that have been stolen so many times they have a reputation for going missing. One is The Horses of St. Mark. These are four bronze horses which  all have one front leg raised. It is believed that these horses where made by the Greek sculptor Lysuppis who worked for Alexander the Great. They were stolen for the first recorded time around 330 AD from "somewhere in Greece" by Constantine. This large piece was stolen at least two more times before its current resting place at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. It is important to point out that these horses were never stolen by in independent thief they were always taken in conquest by another group. Which would make sense because the only way you can get these life size horses from one place to another is in a large wagon, and there is no way that they will not be noticed.
       A more modern theft took place in May of 2010 when a burglar broke into the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris and stole five paintings right out of their frames. One of the paintings was a work from Picasso's cubist period. The thief is called Spiderman but what he pulled off is only the work of a super villain. He evaded 30 CCTV cameras, sleeping guards and a faulty alarm system. Three men where apprehended by the French police and one said that the paintings had been crush in a garbage truck. The current location of the painting is unknown.
       These and several other pieces have been stolen, re-stolen and in some cases gone forever. That is why it is of the utmost importance that museums hire the best security they can afford. Especially if they contain art. Art is a curious thing, people make them, fond over them and use them for political and monetary gain. It is strange to me that people don't look at a piece of art and see something pleasing or historically significant, all they see are power and dollar signs.

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/13/10-most-notorious-looted-artworks-nazis-napoleon