On this day in 2004, two paintings by Edvard Munch, versions of The Scream and Madonna, were stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

Learn about the economics of art theft from Robert Wittman, the founder of the FBI's art crime team.

Today is August 22, 2020.

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