Saturday, October 20, 2007
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Boston Museum, USA (1990): Art Robbery $300 Million
This has become known as the United States largest art robbery. Two men figured the best way to break into the Boston Museum of Art was simply to knock on the door and walk in.
Early one morning, two men dressed as police officers, knocked on the door of the Boston Museum. Although not carrying weapons the two fake cops overpowered the two security guards and tied them up. They proceeded to take $300 million worth of art works by Rembrambt, Degas and Vermeer. They also swiped an ancient Chinese beaker.
Before they left they also stole the security tapes.
It turned out that the museum was not insured. The paintings have still not turned up and no one has yet been charged with a crime.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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I also felt a bit mean telling people looking at the Daniel Johnston cartoons that Johnston actually gets these drawn by a 14 year-old in Hong Kong who's only paid $5 per drawing, and that Johnston, far from being some kind of outsider artist, is in fact an advertising man working on Madison Avenue (which happens to be the Whitney's address).
History of the unreliable narrator.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
