A Calgary artist whose work was stolen feels her treasured pieces are now in purgatory and losing value. yyc READ MORE:
A Calgary artist whose work was stolen feels her treasured pieces are now in purgatory and losing value.Michelle Krüger“Angst, happiness, sadness are all poured into the canvas, so when somebody takes that and walks away with it, it is such a violation,” Krüger said.Courtesy: Michelle Krüger
In the evening hours after she staged the gallery for her upcoming show, thieves broke in and took everything.“They had spray-painted all the cameras, except they missed one. We were able to see them coming in with balaclavas and taking pieces of art, casually strolling them out,” Krüger said. “That was the start of the whole nightmare.”Courtesy: Michelle Krüger
Four years later and the ordeal is still lingering. The man charged and convicted of the theft returned most of the stolen pieces to police. But before they could be returned to the artists, the insurance company Desjardins stepped in and took possession to assess it for an insurance claim the gallery made after the theft.
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