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in re kennedy center: Space Reassignment: The Africa Room itself featured a plaque dedicated to America's Intelligence Community with a named donor (Gaurav Srivastava), amid broader leadership and structural controversies at the institution. 😎

I always wonder about heists like this. Those involved, the thieves as well as those who buy the goods can't exactly flaunt their glory. Surely it's a feat but then what. Eventually they'll get caught and I just hope the treasures aren't ruined. I adore Renoir's work.Simply adore the peace it brings

We've seen enough films about art heists, the balletic movements over, under, around circuity beams invisible to the naked eye. Great for film excitement, not great for art lovers who adore the incredible beauty of the works.

In real life, a lot of artworks are poorly guarded. In the recent heist at Vienna’s MAK, thieves were able to smash the glass over the display with a hammer small enough to carry into the museum, lift the 623-diamond collier, and make their way out of the large museum without the doors being barred.

I was wondering the exact same thing. All I can imagine is it being a pride thing. If not other for the thieves amongst fellow thieves, then pride amongst the wealthy buyers who show it off to their elite buddies.

Such is France where CCTV and security systems are seen as an anathema to s French society where state intrusions (crime prevention) are a seriously unwarranted limit to the lives of free French criminals

V found this claim is false. The surviving French Crown Jewels remain on display in the Louvre; the claim likely confuses this with the 2019 Dresden Green Vault heist or the 1911 Mona Lisa theft. Real-time fact-checks on your feed: https://veratify.ai Errors or comments: info@veratify.ai

Willing to bet these heists are ordered by one or more of the lovable billionaires we're all becoming so fond of, so they can have something no one else has locked away in a cellar where no one else but them and their billionaire friends can see these works of art.