“Wherever The Scream is now, it is almost certainly not in a billionaire’s study. Except in movies, thieves are seldom connoisseurs. In the eyes of a typical art thief, the most dazzling of paintings is simply a multi-million dollar bill hanging on a poorly guarded wall. Those who steal art are surprisingly casual about the details of how they might turn their newly acquired paintings into money. In my interviews with art thieves, they talked lightly about “Arab sheiks” or “South American drug lords” sure to want a bargain-price Van Gogh.”