Chip Chick
By Emily Chan
October 1, 2023
There’s always something going on in the art world, and this time, it’s about a stolen painting being returned to its rightful place.
Three and a half years ago, the 1884 Vincent van Gogh painting, The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring, was taken from the Singer Laren Museum in the Netherlands in March 2020, just weeks after the institution was closed due to Covid-19 restrictions.
The burglar had shattered a glass door at the front of the museum, gaining entry to the building. Authorities promptly arrived on the scene, but by then, the crooks had already made it out with the canvas.