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There's a Criminal Touch to Art: How Ulay Stole Hitler's Favorite Painting and Redefined Performance Art

By Noah Charney, The Ulay Foundation (Contribution by), The Marina Abramovic Institute (Contribution by)
Hardcover
$27.00
By Noah Charney, The Ulay Foundation (Contribution by), The Marina Abramovic Institute (Contribution by)
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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 story of this art theft and explores what made Ulay's iconic artistic action one of the most famo...