| the heist |
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| your personal art thief |
| September 21, 2026 |
| Last Night's Haul |
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| Two girls standing, one holding an open book |
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Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820), 1615-1868 Color on silk · lifted from the National Museum of Asian Art |
| also in the bag: |
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Hagi ware tea bowl Unknown, 18th-mid 19th century · the National Museum of Asian Art |
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The Jabach Family Charles Le Brun, ca. 1660 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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Banner Unknown, 1700s · The Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Spinario Unknown · SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark |
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German: Papageienmann Max Slevogt, 1901 · Wikimedia Commons |
| The Line |
| "I would not have thee cast to infamy Of guilt, where none is proved, One who hath sworn and whom thou once hast loved." |
| Oedipus Rex, Sophocles |
| From the Vault |
![[Female acrobats on trapezes at circus]](https://heist.arugulamotors.com/assets/art/2026-09-21-vault.jpg)
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[Female acrobats on trapezes at circus], 1890-01-01 found in the Library of Congress |
| On the Lam |
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| Valparaiso, Chile |
| Valparaíso is a major city, commune, seaport, and naval base facility in the Valparaíso Region of Chile. Valparaíso was originally named after Valparaíso de Arriba, in Castile-La Mancha, Spain. Lay low here. |
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