| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| June 27, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Joan of Arc |
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Jules Bastien-Lepage, 1879 Oil on canvas · lifted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| also in the bag: |
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Head from a Figure with a Beaded Headdress Unknown, 12th–early 13th century · The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Costume of Beder Khan Bey Miner Kilbourne Kellogg, born Manlius Square, NY 1814-died Toledo, OH 1889, n.d. · the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
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The Musicians Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), 1597 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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L'Arlésienne: Madame Joseph-Michel Ginoux (Marie Julien, 1848–1911) Vincent van Gogh, 1888–89 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Rose-Bay Rhododendron (Rhododendron carolinianum) Mary Vaux Walcott, born Philadelphia, PA 1860-died St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada 1940, 1932 · the Smithsonian American Art Museum |
| The Line |
| "Exquisite senses, life-lit eyes, pluck, volition, Flakes of breast-muscle, pliant backbone and neck, flesh not flabby, good-sized arms and legs, And wonders within there yet." |
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Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman In Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman celebrates the vitality of the human body and spirit, emphasizing the strength and beauty found in physicality and inner potential. |
| From the Vault |
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The Athletic & Recreation Dept. presents Nassau Suffolk W.P.A. Symphony Orchestra Guest artist Jeanne Gordon, soprano - Christos Vrionides, conductor : Popular & semi-classic music, 1936 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
| Bukhara is the seventh-largest city in Uzbekistan by population, with 280,187 residents as of 1 January 2020. It is the capital of Bukhara Region. Lay low here. |
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