1. art-advisers
2. art-theft
3. lisaschiffartadviser
Lisa Schiff, an established art adviser and owner of Galerie LM in Manhattan, has found herself at the center of a shocking art theft. Schiff’s home was broken into, and three of her clients’ valuable pieces of art were stolen over the course of a few hours. The theft occurred in the Greenwich Village apartment that Schiff shares with her husband, artist Todd Schorr. The stolen works consist of a Cindy Sherman photograph and a Richard Prince painting, with a total value of over $1 million. Surveillance footage reveals a male suspect breaks the lock on the couple’s apartment door and heads straight to a closet where Schiff stores her clients’ art. He maneuvers pieces through the doorway and out onto the street within the space of an hour and a half. Detectives are analyzing the footage to identify the suspect. The case highlights how art advisers, who serve as intermediaries between collectors and artists, are increasingly becoming targets for high-end art theft. Renowned gallerists like Schiff are reporting an uptick in theft attempts on their collections, which now include virtual businesses, in addition to their physical spaces. Security measures that used to suffice for museums, galleries and collectors in the past are now insufficient in an increasingly digital landscape.
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