The video posted above is a great example of where vandalism and public art exist in tension with one another - and potentially conflict.
"The History of Loss" is a public art King Edward Station on the Canada Line in Vancouver, Canada. The piece is a $250,000 piece of art work, and is essentially a display case for many small replicas of VW beetles.
Because of the theft, the insurance company whom has insured the piece is saying that the risk may be too high for repeat thefts because of the nature of the piece. They are saying that it is probably the result of a prank - though I like to think that it was an avid VW fanboy who is pleased that he has a piece of VW for himself!
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It really is sad that people will steal and vandalize public art. I understand why a person would steal art, but vandalism is still unclear to me.
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