Comments | twilk2006: Somnambulist Art Thief, Psychic, or Silly?

twilk2006

Somnambulist Art Thief, Psychic, or Silly?

Apr 30, 2008 09:30

On Saturday, during work, I was daydreaming about how cool it would be to be an art thief. It's a classy robbery ( Read more... )

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sunshine2607 April 30 2008, 17:42:41 UTC

Dude.

twilk2006 May 1 2008, 03:57:53 UTC

Bro,
seriously.

imda April 30 2008, 18:35:46 UTC

it's an acid flashback. none of this is real.

twilk2006 May 1 2008, 03:57:44 UTC

Hahaha. Trust me, I know what those are like by now.

paradoja89 May 1 2008, 15:26:59 UTC

I think I waited too long after you posted this because it just says "there are no public safety notices at this time." I feel so left out.

twilk2006 May 2 2008, 01:49:45 UTC

Yeah, I meant to fix it. They take them down from the general URL I posted.
Here's the scoop: A Hiroshi Anzai painting, "The Japanese Railroad Crossing," was on loan to the Herter Art Gallery here at UMass from Caelum Gallery in New York City. The painting, valued at $1,000, was not found in the return shipment in NYC, and suspected stolen. It only took a few days for the people in New York to find it, having only misplaced it.
This is the painting:
http://blog.masslive.com/umass101/2008/04/herterpicweb.jpg