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| Gang punches hole in Monet's 'Le Pont d'Argenteuil' | ||
| 2007-10-08 | ||
| A gang of intruders has broken into a museum in Paris and inflicted serious damage on a painting by Impressionist artist Claude Monet. Four or five people were caught on camera breaking into the Musee d'Orsay via a back door early on Sunday. An alarm sounded but the apparently drunken group fled after punching a 10cm (four inch) hole in the famous painting.
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| Posted by:lotp |
| #11 "French There - fixed that for ya', Besoeker. No extra charge. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-10-08 20:42 |
| #10 A Clockwork Orange moment. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-10-08 16:02 |
| #9 French prisons are very nasty places. I hope these people get a very long stay. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2007-10-08 15:08 |
| #8 I'd be interested in knowing whether they have names like Jacque & Pierre, or more likely, Omar & Mohammed. Just sayin. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-10-08 13:34 |
| #7 In a few short seconds these sub-morons vandalize an artistic treasure that they themselves couldn't create in a lifetime of trying even if they had a Liquitex enema and several Kolinsky sable brushes rammed up after it. Effing cretins! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-10-08 12:19 |
| #6 Call yourselves art critics? |
| Posted by: Laszlo Toth 2007-10-08 09:25 |
| #5 Spiraling, ever faster into the eighth century..... |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-10-08 07:55 |
| #4 Nope. But it's awesome when you see it in real life. As you move, the light seems to flicker off the water and the boat almost seems to move gently. |
| Posted by: lotp 2007-10-08 06:08 |
| #3 Ain't the freaking Mona Lisa: http://www.photosmarval.org/peintres/impressionnisme/claude-monet-01.shtml |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-10-08 04:12 |
| #2 "intruders" should have holes punched into them. Fair is fair. |
| Posted by: 3dc 2007-10-08 02:34 |
| #1 Perhaps it was performance art? |
| Posted by: ed 2007-10-08 01:59 |