Scream exposes art insurance gaps
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Edvard Munch&#39;s iconic painting The Scream, which was stolen from an Oslo gallery on Sunday, was not insured against theft, it has been revealed.
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OSLO, Norway - The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch's renowned masterpiece "The Scream" left Norway's police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it.    Some expressed fears that works of art are in increasing danger from violent raids - unless, as Norway's deputy culture minister put it, "we lock them in a mountain bunker."   Armed, masked robbers stormed into Oslo's Munch Museum in broad daylight on Sunday, threatening an employee with a gun and terrifying patrons before they made off with a version of Munch's famous painting "The Scream" and another of his masterpieces, "Madonna."   A day after the theft and despite many tips, police said they have no suspects, no trace of the paintings and no theory on a motive...
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Art thieves seem to be unable to keep their hands off Edvard Munch&#39;s iconic masterpiece, The Scream, despite the fact that it&#39;s one of the world&#39;s most recognizable paintings.
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In a boom market, a P.S. 1 show focuses on the unthinkable: artworks their creators wonât sell.
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Armed robbers have stolen masterpieces by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch from a museum in Oslo and national radio said a version of &quot;The Scream&quot; was part of the haul.
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Edvard Munch&#39;s painting of a person screaming and another work stolen from an Oslo museum yesterday weren&#39;t insured against theft, said John Oyaas, managing director at the insurance
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Customers in search of a cheap airfare, antiques or a stock trade can scan the Web for good deals. But when it comes time for companies to buy group insurance policies, they&#39;ve largely
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Unpredictable hospital billing can lead to financial anxiety about the prospect of dealing with insurance companies even before a surgery has happened.
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Scratch Code shows that 'new media' art isn't so 21st-century -- many of the works were done decades ago. By Rachel Metz.
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Only scratches remain on the white walls where the four Impressionist masterpieces once hung. No metal detectors, no armed guards, no cameras were in sight Tuesday, underscoring just how vulnerable many of Europe's small museums are to thieves enticed by soaring art prices.
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Comment is free: Mark Lawson: A provocative attempt to rebrand the arts sees investment where once we saw state handouts.
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OSLO, Norway - Police launched a nationwide investigation Monday for armed robbers who barged into a lightly guarded Oslo museum and ripped the Edvard Munch masterpiece "The Scream" and another painting from the walls, as stunned visitors watched in disbelief.    The paintings were stolen from Oslo's Munch Museum on Sunday by masked, armed thieves who pulled them from the walls as visitors and staff watched in shock...
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A Brazilian museum where two prized paintings were stolen this week admits its collection is not insured.
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Comment is free: Nicholas Serota: It would be a tragedy were a decade's advances to be squandered by a cut in cultural funding.
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