There's a Criminal Touch to Art: How Ulay Stole Hitler's Favorite Painting and Redefined Performance Art - Hardcover
by Noah Charney
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Availability:In StockContributor:Noah Charney, The Ulay Foundation (Contribution by), The Marina Abramovic Institute (Contribution by)Publish date:2/19/2026Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765163047UPC:9798765163047Book Category:Art, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Performance, Conceptual, Heists & RobberiesSize:1.11 x 1.11 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SCZTN4C803
There's a Criminal Touch to Art: How Ulay Stole Hitler's Favorite Painting and Redefined Performance Art
On December 12, 1976, German conceptual artist Ulay stole Hitler's favorite painting from the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. It was art theft as conceptual artwork. He hung the painting on the wall of a working-class immigrant family's home, then phoned the museum to let them know where they could retrieve it. Told from three perspectives, this unique and groundbreaking book tells the complete...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9798765163047UPC:9798765163047Book Category:Art, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Performance, Conceptual, Heists & RobberiesSize:1.11 x 1.11 x 1.11 inchesWeight:1.1111Product ID:SCZTN4C803
Noah Charney has authored more than twenty-eight books, including The Collector of Lives, which was nominated for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in Biography, and Museum of Lost Art, which was a finalist for the 2018 Digital Book World Award. He is a professor of art history specializing in art crime and has taught for Yale University, Brown University, American University of Rome and University of...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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