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The work was displayed in the museum’s entry room, the most crowded spot”
Madeline was there; then she wasn’t
A work that had hung undisturbed in the museum for 138 years, since it had been given by a private donor so the painting could be seen by the public, had just vanished like a soap bubble into the air
— Dec 26, 2025 06:18PM
Madeline was there; then she wasn’t
A work that had hung undisturbed in the museum for 138 years, since it had been given by a private donor so the painting could be seen by the public, had just vanished like a soap bubble into the air
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The three conjoined panels of the apothecary shop… begin to separate and warp. A skilled professional restorer can gradually untwist wood and reconnect the panels.
Breitwieser tried to fix it himself… a method one curator calls “brutal”, he forces the panels into approximate position and seals them with SUPER GLUE!
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Breitwieser tried to fix it himself… a method one curator calls “brutal”, he forces the panels into approximate position and seals them with SUPER GLUE!
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Beauty, to be unpoetic but precise, is in the medial orbital-frontal cortex of the beholder
— Dec 27, 2025 03:31PM
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27 - “coup de coeur” (a blow to the heart) for the art and Anne-Catherine
37 - fou de joie (crazy joy)
— Dec 22, 2025 12:01PM
37 - fou de joie (crazy joy)
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Breitwieser is an unemployed freeloader holed up in his mother’s house.
An “art liberator”
— Dec 19, 2025 06:20PM
An “art liberator”
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Quote “Aesthetics are higher than ethics.” - Oscar Wilde
— Dec 19, 2025 05:43PM
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This is what’s upsetting about his thefts. He’s taking from mostly small museums that have little security and he’s hoarding it where no one can see it. He’s taking the joy of the works from everyone. It’s not art liberation that way. As of now, two independent police teams in France and one in Switzerland are after them. Lots of witnesses have seen a “male and female” team. I am so curious to how they get caught
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