| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| June 24, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Nøgen siddende kvindefigur, Cleopatra |
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Unknown, 1600-1625 lifted from SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark |
| also in the bag: |
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Head of Christ (Ecce Homo) Petrus Christus, ca. 1445 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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The Forest in Winter at Sunset Théodore Rousseau, ca. 1846–67 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| The Line |
| "Why should poor beauty indirectly seek, Roses of shadow, since his rose is true? Why should he live, now nature bankrupt is, Beggared of blood to blush through lively veins." |
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Sonnets, Shakespeare In this excerpt from Shakespeare's sonnets, the speaker reflects on the futility of seeking beauty in false forms when true beauty exists. |
| From the Vault |
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Under the gaslight, 1879-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Sitka, Alaska |
| Sitka is a unified city-borough in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Alaska. Lay low here. |
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