{"id":121073,"date":"2024-11-02T04:09:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121073"},"modified":"2024-11-02T04:09:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T21:09:11","slug":"andy-warhol-prints-stolen-and-damaged-in-amateurish-dutch-gallery-heist-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121073","title":{"rendered":"Andy Warhol prints stolen and damaged in \u2018amateurish\u2019 Dutch gallery heist | Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Thieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands to try to steal four works from a famous series of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/andywarhol\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Andy Warhol<\/a> screen prints, but damaged them all and only managed to get away with two in the botched heist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The gallery\u2019s owner, Mark Peet Visser, said the thieves had attempted to steal the works from a 1985 series by the US pop artist called Reigning Queens, which features portraits of the then-queens of the UK, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/netherlands\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Netherlands<\/a>, Denmark and Swaziland, which is now called Eswatini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Visser said the heist early on Friday at the MPV Gallery in the town of Oisterwijk was captured on security cameras, and he described it as amateurish.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThe bomb attack was so violent that my entire building was destroyed\u201d and nearby shops were also damaged, he said. \u201cSo they did that part of it well, too well actually. And then they ran to the car with the artworks and it turns out that they won\u2019t fit in the car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cAt that moment [two of] the works are ripped out of the frames and you also know that they are damaged beyond repair, because it is impossible to get them out undamaged.\u201d The other two were left on the street damaged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Visser declined to put a value on the four signed and numbered works, which he had planned to offer for sale as a set at an art fair in Amsterdam later this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">The thieves got away with portraits of the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk\/queen\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> of the UK and the former Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The prints of the former Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands and Ntombi Tfwala, who is known as the Queen Mother of Eswatini, were left on the street as the thieves fled, Visser said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Not much is known yet about the theft, \u201cbut it is strange that explosives were used\u201d, a Dutch art detective said. \u201cThat\u2019s not common for art thefts,\u201d said Arthur Brand, who has made headlines for recovering artworks, including a missing Picasso and a stolen Van Gogh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Police appealed for witnesses as forensic experts examined the badly damaged gallery on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-173mewl\"><a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"#EmailSignup-skip-link-9\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"newsletter promotion\" class=\"dcr-av5vqf\">\n<div class=\"dcr-10et71f\">\n<p class=\"dcr-rsfwa\">Sign up to <span>This is Europe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dcr-1xjndtj\">The most pressing stories and debates for Europeans \u2013 from identity to economics to the environment<\/p>\n<p><gu-island name=\"SecureSignup\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"visible\" props=\"{&quot;newsletterId&quot;:&quot;this-is-europe&quot;,&quot;successDescription&quot;:&quot;The most pressing stories and debates for Europeans \u2013 from identity to economics to the environment&quot;}\"\/><span class=\"dcr-1eusqlu\"><strong>Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. 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We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/policies.google.com\/terms\" rel=\"noreferrer\" class=\"dcr-1rjy2q9\">Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p id=\"EmailSignup-skip-link-9\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"after newsletter promotion\" role=\"note\" class=\"dcr-jzxpee\">after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">Visser told the local broadcaster Omroep Brabant that the stolen works were worth \u201ca considerable sum\u201d, but Brand told Agence France-Presse they were \u201cnot unique and most likely tens of them were made\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1eu361v\">\u201cThis makes it easier to sell than unique works, but not that much easier,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/01\/andy-warhol-prints-stolen-damaged-dutch-gallery-heist\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thieves have blown open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands to try to steal four works from a famous series of Andy Warhol screen prints, but &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=121073\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=121073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=121073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}