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Last week a Madrid museum admitted that they have "lost" a 38 tonne steel sculpture by Richard Serra which had been housed in a warehouse. A large bronze Henry Moore statue was stolen from a sculpture park in England in December. A huge modernist metal sculpture by Lynn Chadwick has just disappeared.
Soaring scrap metal prices, fuelled by the voracious Chinese economy, have resulted in the disappearance of many works of art around the world, to be melted down and sold.
Should we be worried?
The Archer at City Hall? Edward VIII on his hoss at Queens Park? That silly nekkid man on a plinth outside Union Station?
Are we world class enough to be next?
Soaring scrap metal prices, fuelled by the voracious Chinese economy, have resulted in the disappearance of many works of art around the world, to be melted down and sold.
Should we be worried?
The Archer at City Hall? Edward VIII on his hoss at Queens Park? That silly nekkid man on a plinth outside Union Station?
Are we world class enough to be next?