Pastoral, Henri Matisse
Paintings worth $125 million
including masterpieces by Picasso and Matisse, have been stolen during a daring night raid on Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris." -Daily Telegraph
Ballsy move, yes? Now what does an art thief do with the stolen paintings? Surely he can't sell them. Maybe he has that perfect spot in his living room for the Picasso....
Paintings worth $125 million
including masterpieces by Picasso and Matisse, have been stolen during a daring night raid on Museum of Modern Art of the City of Paris." -Daily Telegraph
Ballsy move, yes? Now what does an art thief do with the stolen paintings? Surely he can't sell them. Maybe he has that perfect spot in his living room for the Picasso....
Wow! That is ridiculous - I mean why people why? They better not ruin it....so sad.
ReplyDeleteyou know i've never really understood the stealing masterpieces thing. The only thing I can think of is that they can sell it to some rich sultan across the world who lives in a guarded kingdom and is probably "crooked" or whatever so no-one but him really sees it. I don't know. Maybe that's a little James Bond but it's the only thing that makes sense. Ticks me off though!!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's very "Thomas Crown Affair". Sad, but it will turn back up eventually.
ReplyDeleteI know! This sucks soooooo bad. Someones in HUGE trouble. Story is the alarm has been broken for months!!
ReplyDeleteWoke up to this news. Brought my 8 year old in to see - as he just did a Matisse inspired work of art yesterday with his art teacher. Crazy crazy people!
ReplyDeleteIt's totally going underground. So sad. xx
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