---
title: "Art theft as artwork"
date: 2016-11-01
last_modified: 2025-01-04T17:15:24+01:00
generated_at: 2026-04-29T14:02:00Z
url: "https://www.schirn.de/en/schirnmag/ulay-carl-spitzweg-neue-nationalgalerie-berlin-criminal-touch-art-ulay-context-en/"
description: "Ulay’s theft of one of the best-known German paintings from the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin lies somewhere between criticism of institutionalism and media event."
image: "https://www.schirn.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Header_Ulay_Life_Sized_Da_ist_eine_kriminelle_Beruehrung_in_der_Kunst_Spitzweg.jpg"
language: "en-US"
---

# Art theft as artwork