A Tokyo art exhibit meant for Japan’s ‘well-mannered’ thieves

The Tokyo art exhibit opened to enthusiastic visitors, but many of those circulating weren’t just there to soak in some culture – they were casing the joint for a midnight raid.Hours after the gallery closed for the night, a crowd had gathered ready to pounce on the artworks. The police station was nearby, but officers only intervened for crowd control, because all the pieces at the Stealable Art Exhibition were up for grabs.The event was intended as “an experiment”, to alter the relationship…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3092815/tokyo-art-exhibit-meant-japans-well-mannered-thieves