Theft at the Picasso Museum in Paris: woman takes home a jacket and shortens it, but it's a work of art

A lady over 70 stole, without knowing what it was, awork of art from a museum: it happened in France, at the Musée Picasso in Paris.

The woman saw hanging on the wall a blue jacket with postcards stuffed in one of the pockets and thought she would put it in her bag to take it home, and when she got home, she adjusted the garment to her size, shortening it. The jacket, however, was not just a garment, but a work of art by Catalan artist Oriol Vilanova entitled Old Masters. At the lady’s touch, the alarm did not go off because museum visitors were free to wear the jacket, according to the artist’s own conception of the work. Surveillance cameras, however, captured the entire sequence of gestures.

The woman was charged with theft and returned to the museum after a fortnight, claiming that she would never allow herself to steal a work of art. She therefore returned the jacket to the museum, albeit perfectly shortened to her measurements.

Theft at the Picasso Museum in Paris: woman takes home a jacket and shortens it, but it's a work of art

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