Couple caught on camera stealing Joe Average print from Vancouver building – BC

A recent burglary in Vancouver wasn’t just caught on camera, it also involved the work of a famous artist.

A signed print by artist Joe Average hung at PAL Vancouver, a theater and low-income housing complex for artists in Coal Harbour.

Surveillance cameras caught two people posing with the signed print before taking it off the wall and making off with it.

“To target a non-profit organization in the middle of downtown Vancouver is very devastating to us,” Marina de Pina-Jenkins with PAL Vancouver told Global News.

She said the young couple convinced a resident to buzz them in and then went up to the eighth floor where the burglary took place.

We saw them bumping into the number pad, trying to get in,” Pina-Jenkins added. “And eventually someone allowed them into the building.

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The medium donated the print in 2006 and it is worth thousands of dollars.

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He said this is not the first time one of his works has been targeted.

“I’ve donated a lot of pieces to St Paul’s and (the) Dr. Peter Center and they’ve all been stolen,” Average said. “All of them. It’s frustrating. Why do people target places like nonprofits in the first place?

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PAL Vancouver is still hoping for the art’s return, but Average said he’s willing to donate a new piece to them in case it can’t be returned.

Vancouver police told Global News officers are investigating the theft, but no arrests have been made.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Vancouver police.

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