Sunday, October 28, 2012

Major Dutch Art Heist

The Associated Press has the story of a major art theft in the Netherlands.  Stolen were:
Pablo Picasso's 1971 "Harlequin's Head"; Claude Monet's 1901 "Waterloo Bridge, London" and "Charing Cross Bridge, London"; Henri Matisse's 1919 "Reading Girl in White and Yellow"; Paul Gauguin's 1898 "Girl in Front of Open Window"; Meyer de Haan's "Self-Portrait," around 1890, and Lucian Freud's 2002 work "Woman with Eyes Closed."
Not much information on how the theft was committed:
She declined to reveal any details of how the thieves got in and out with the paintings, or how the museum is protected, other than describing its security as "state of the art" and "functional."

 Illicit Cultural Property has a post with reactions to the robbery.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Bank Robber Leaves Suspect Package

The DCist has an article about a bank robbery in Washington DC where the robber complicated things by leaving a suspicious package behind.  Whether this helped or not is unclear.