Why would you burn a Picasso, or any other art like that?

A lot of precious art disappears during wars.

Some governments deliberately destroy art to erase the past of groups that are out of favor.

I, personally wouldn’t do it, but that woman thought she could get rid of the evidence of a crime.

The Amber Room might be in ashes in a stove somewhere.

I don’t know, I would burn a Picasso.

Not the Monet however; that is art.

I would burn the art if I were Picasso and I felt like it was not a successful work.

however, more to the point, flogging stolen artwork is quite difficult [because the works and their provenance are known] and maybe if the thieves [who don’t value the art, only the money it could bring in] were totally unable to unload it, they might destroy it to protect themselves.

Read the story, seems to me the painting was burned in order to get rid of the evidence. Had nothing to do with some symbolic action against the arts. You’d be surprised what people will do to avoid the law. Read this story once, this dude was getting chased by the police, and when he saw he couldn’t get away, he stopped his car…and drew a mustache on his face with a pen. When he got out of the car he was like, hey guys, nice day, huh?

As for burning anything because you don’t like it, such as has been done with bibles, korans or Harry Potter books; the reasons behind this aren’t even worth pondering. Burning evidence to protect someone may be stupid, but it wasn’t some dumbass political/religious message or nothing. Just someone desperate, I guess.

The answer to your op for me is because one has to be unappreciative n order to burn them.

The mother clearly rates her son’s safety above the value of the painting. As a parent myself, I might feel the same way. Then again if my daughter was stupid enough to steal valuable paintings, I might not.

To piss on the hideously pretentious, overhyped, overpriced snobbery that attaches itself to the fine arts, it’s just paintings at the end of the day.

Picasso was a horrible artist. I’d burn it without a second thought.

Picasso is pure genius. To burn anything of his is a crime against art.