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$613 million worth of paintings stolen from Paris Museum of Modern Art last night

This is a very sad story, from the Associated Press : A lone thief stole five paintings possibly worth hundreds of millions of euros, including major works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist at a Paris modern art museum, police and prosecutors said Thursday. The paintings disappeared early Thursday from the Paris Museum of Modern Art, across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower. Investigators have cordoned off the museum, in one of the French capital's most tourist-frequented neighborhoods. The museum's security system was disabled, and a single masked intruder was caught on a video surveillance camera, according to Christophe Girard, deputy culture secretary at Paris City Hall. Investigators are trying to determine whether the intruder was operating alone, Girard told reporters. He said three guards were on duty overnight but "they saw nothing." The intruder entered by cutting a padlock on a gate and breaking a museum window, the Paris prosecuto

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GALLERY DIRECTOR, ISLAY TAYLOR, CURATING SHOW IN WASHINGTON DC

Written by Islay Taylor So, I'm pretty excited (and a little nervous) to be working with Honfleur Gallery in Washington DC to curate an exhibition titled Objectified: the domestication of the industrial. Objectified will feature the work of Robert Longyear , Jeanne Jo , Andrea Miller, and Colleen Heineman . The show brings together the work of four artists utilizing different media, and working in different methods. The commonality that these artists share is a philosophical approach to their subject matter, each artist presented here acts as a conduit transforming common materials and concepts into fine art. Whether transforming detritus into wearable works of art, or meticulously creating a knit codex, the artists of Objectified act as an intermediary, allowing their source materials to become more accessible to the viewer. Objectified was born of the desire to bring together makers from disparate backgrounds, and working in a variety of ways who all drastically alter their