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2012
august 31, 2012
Sunday, august 26, Gallery Gevik, a well known Toronto gallery, reported a break-in at their space on Hazelton Avenue in the Yorkville neighborhood of Toronto.
Three paintings were stolen.
Among the three were two paintings by members of the group of seven, Frank Johnston and Arthur Lismer.
We spoke to the director of the gallery today regarding the thefts.
AM: Is this the first time you’ve had a theft?
GG: “No, it’s the second time… the other was three years ago.”
AM: Do you have a statement, or anything you would like to say regarding this?
GG: “No statement… I don’t know what I want to say.”
AM: Has a police report been filed?
GG: “Yes…but…. We need probably better specialists to work on the art thefts. This is happening very often, art thefts are more that what they used to be… this is getting out of hand. We have to stop that…we have to do something about it.”
Artist: Arthur Lismer
Title: Beach Litter
Date: c.1954
Medium: oil on board
Size: 12” x 15¾”
Stolen: August 26th, 2012
Artist: Frank Johnston
Title: Group of Birches
Date: nd
Medium: oil on board
Size: 12” x 9¾”
Stolen: August 26th, 2012
Artist: Sylvia Lefkovitz
Title: Harbour Scene #2
Date: 1976
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 24” x 32”
Stolen: August 26th, 2012
Police say the thief or thieves broke the front bay window and entered an art gallery on Hazleton Avenue. The three paintings are valued at about $50,000.
If you have any information regarding the break-in or the stolen work, please contact the Toronto Police.
Or
Gallery Gevik
1-416-968-0901
what to do
Police cracking down on a hotbed of hot art in Quebec
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/police-cracking-down-on-a-h...
How Quebec developed the "only force in Canada investigating art theft full-time."
Art Theft http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=40babe8f-84b5-46d7-a311-344494...
"'It has been called the world’s biggest museum: an international black market in art the FBI estimates is worth about $6-billion a year. Interpol ranks art theft as the fourth largest criminal enterprise after drugs, money laundering and weapons."
Whereas we might consider this only hurting the rich who can afford collecting, the proceeds go into the coffers of organized crime which hurts all of society, regardless of your "class". Is it time yet to fight crime Mr Harper?