Canada- Four pieces of art worth $265,900 stolen from gallery in Toronto,19 April 2021 *CCTV images*

[dotr]

Four pieces of art worth combined $265,900 stolen from gallery in Toronto
"Toronto police are investigating after three people allegedly broke into an art gallery and stole four pieces that are worth a combined $265,900.

Police said they were called to the gallery at Avenue and Davenport roads, in the upscale Yokville area, on April 19 around 12 a.m. after they received a call for a break and enter.

Three suspects pried open the door and gained entry into the art gallery, police said.

"Once inside, the suspects stole four pieces of art on display," police said in a news release on Tuesday.

Police said the suspects were last seen leaving the art gallery in a grey Toyota Sienna minivan that did not have licence plates.

Authorities released photos of the stolen art along with photos of the suspects.

Anyone with information is being urged to contact police at 416-808-5300, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS.''

 

[dotr]

Toronto Police Service :: News Release #49696
''Case #: 2021-714050
The Toronto Police Service is requesting the public's assistance with a Break and Enter investigation.

On Monday, April 19, 2021, at 12 a.m., police received a call for a Break and Enter in the Avenue Road and Davenport Road area.

It was reported that:

- three suspects pried open the door and gained entry into an art gallery

- once inside, the suspects stole four pieces of art on display

They were last seen leaving the area, travelling northbound in a grey Toyota Sienna minivan with no license plates.''


Toronto Police Service

Toronto Police Service

Toronto Police Service

Toronto Police Service

 

[dotr]

Reminded of these alleged thieves.. fwiw, imo, speculation.
2018
Suspect photos released after $5K worth of art supplies stolen from Queen Street West store

 

[Filly]

No way. This went down like the heist years ago in Boston. The Isabella Stewart Gardner collection. Big stuff.

Weird I'm pretty sure a film about just came out or is coming out on Netflix. "This Is A Heist" or "This Is A Robbery".

 

[dotr]

No way. This went down like the heist years ago in Boston. The Isabella Stewart Gardner collection. Big stuff.

Weird I'm pretty sure a film about just came out or is coming out on Netflix. "This Is A Heist" or "This Is A Robbery".

Thanks, have to watch these films!
Cross-posted..
MA - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, Boston, 18 March 1990
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''500 million dollars worth of missing art. A 10 million dollar reward for whoever finds it. It's your turn to enter the mystery. 30 years ago, two thieves brazenly stole millions of dollars worth of art from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Where the art is now remains a mystery. Today, investigators reviewing the cold case attempt to recover the missing works, unmask the perpetrators and solve the biggest art heist in history. Watch This Is A Robbery only on https://www.netflix.com/thisisarobbery''

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''Desperate for answers about the theft of her 2 paintings, a Czech artist seeks out and befriends the career criminal who stole them. After inviting her thief to sit for a portrait, the two form an improbable relationship and an inextricable bond that will forever link these lonely souls.''

 

[Filly]

Oh @dotr good stuff. Especially "This Is A Robbery". Only recalled it was Boston as my ex husband thought it was brilliant. Yep he enjoyed anything wild that involved a heist.

Meanwhile we then wouldn't have known a Manet from a Monet. Cool how we now can perhaps solve the mystery heist.

 

[ms_x_to_the_m]

Because it was so specific, i'm thinking they had a buyer. Not like they can pawn it. Plus I am sure there was other stuff in display. Wonder who the artist it was. Just thinking out loud

 

[dotr]

rbbm.
Someone robbed a Toronto gallery and got away with nearly $300k worth of art
Becky Robertson
''In a heist that seems more like something out of a movie than something that actually happens in your home city, an independent contemporary gallery in Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood has been robbed of nearly $300,000 worth of fine art.

Perhaps inspired by the new Netflix release This is a Robbery, three perpetrators broke into the swanky Galerie de Bellefeuille on Avenue Road just north of Bloor at around midnight on Monday.''

''The items include a crystal-encrusted Buddha statue and an elephant sculpture with some Warhol-esque soup cans and other painted detailing, both from the same artist, Metis Atash of Germany.


Also stolen were U.K.-based Sophie Ryder's imposing and mythical life-sized piece "Lovers on Horseback," and one of a series of the androgynous bronze figures that Dutch sculptor Hanneke Beaumont is known for.''

 

[Filly]

Oh just did some Art Appreciation 101 as @dotr has posted. Thank you.

One similarity is that the artists are females? The "Punk Buddhas" are very cool. Then really brazen they hoisted a life size statue of mythical lovers on a horse?

@ms_x_to_the_m yep there's got to be a buyer. Can you imagine going into a pawn shop? "How much can I get on this Swarovski crystal elephant?". Then they stick it in the window.

 

[LadyL]

these crimes fascinate me because I always think, why would a buyer take that risk?

 

[Number8]

I’m sorry but... why?? What are they planning on doing with them? The Toronto art scene & buyers market is small and everyone will recognize these now.