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bluedaniel — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:01:57 -0800

Armed Robbers Steal Munch's 'The Scream' in Oslo [more inside]

By: bluedaniel

bluedaniel — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:02:31 -0800

I haven't a link to the story as of yet, I'm reading it on the AP wire (which is software I'd rather not cut and paste from) but here's a lick of it (though I suspect it'll make all news sources soon enough)... "Armed robbers on Sunday stole a version of Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's "The Scream," regarded by many as his most important work and an icon of existentialist angst, from an Oslo museum. In a dramatic daytime raid, two masked robbers forced an employee at the Munch Museum to take down a version of "The Scream" and another important work "Madonna" at gunpoint. They escaped from the scene in a car driven by a third man. The pictures, worth millions of dollars, were cut from their frames which were found discarded and broken later in another part of the city. "A female employee of the museum was threatened with a handgun and forced to take down two pictures," Hilde Walsoe, chief inspector at Oslo police station, said. "They took two paintings, 'The Scream' and 'Madonna."' Police cordoned off the area, informed Interpol and alerted airports and border crossings in the hunt to track down the thieves who snatched the Munch masterpieces. A helicopter hovered around the area in search of clues to the getaway. Art experts said Munch produced four versions of "The Scream." The stolen version consists of tempera and pastel on board. "

By: bluedaniel

bluedaniel — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:08:46 -0800

ScreamFilter: As I read now, it's on most news sites. Delete at will if appropriate.

By: steef

steef — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:35:47 -0800

googlenews.

By: josh

josh — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:50:54 -0800

This article is hilarious.

By: onlyconnect

onlyconnect — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 07:54:38 -0800

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:06:05 -0800

Hmmm...Sueing for money, stealing art for money, selling post offices for money...Remember all those times you said "I'd pay to help keep MetaFilter safe and running more smoothly"? Here's your chance.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:18:09 -0800

Here's two words you're not likely to see together: Norwegian and security.

By: taz

taz — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:20:05 -0800

I'm breathless. And aghast. But I also can't stop giggling about josh's LNR article. In the (more somber) spirit of the moment, I'll link to the Museum Security Network, which you nearly need a security pass to navigate, but which has some interesting pages (if you can find them), and this Interpol page of recently stolen works of art.

By: steef

steef — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 08:24:43 -0800

paintings at the munch museet site (slow as fjord formation). that "madonna" painting is fantastic.

By: brent

brent — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:01:25 -0800

Another robbery that I came across, when I visted. The robbery from 1990 is still unsolved.

By: riffola

riffola — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:11:18 -0800

I couldn't help but laugh reading the LNR article. Super find josh!

By: taz

taz — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:12:29 -0800

Wow. Just now, google news doesn't have this on its opening page at all, which seems exceedingly strange. It was there a few minutes ago on the right-hand list of top stories at the top of the page. I wonder why?

By: Krrrlson

Krrrlson — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:25:22 -0800

They stole the story to cover their tracks, taz.

By: NortonDC

NortonDC — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:25:35 -0800

LOL, onlyconnect, LOL.

By: quonsar

quonsar — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:27:35 -0800

By: XQUZYPHYR

XQUZYPHYR — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:34:04 -0800

I'm really upset and scared that the painting might disappear forever now, but by god that article was hilarious.

By: kozad

kozad — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:10:58 -0800

We hope they will recover the paintings (and the thought of thugs, boxcutters and two great paintings is painful), but the Munch Museum still has about a thousand of Munch's paintings, 4000 drawings and 18,000 prints. If you ever get to Oslo, go. It's a fabulous (and, of course, unsettling) experience.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:43:25 -0800

By: bobo123

bobo123 — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 10:45:42 -0800

Funny article josh: Not much in the way of a security system stood in the way of the robbers, although a brave female security guard did her best to stop the raid by lying on the floor when asked to. First up, police should go around to all the video stores and ask if anyone suspicious has rented The Thomas Crown Affair remake in the past week or so.

By: Peter H

Peter H — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:09:20 -0800

Last known photo, taken with unnamed "companion"

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:14:46 -0800

Not funny: The fuckers cut the paintings from their frames. Bad, bad, bad. Funny: onlyconnect's best use of emoticons since... ever.

By: MegoSteve

MegoSteve — Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:18:33 -0800

If I were paid enough, I'd be glad to go there and stand with my sleeve rolled up.

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 05:19:42 -0800

Now for sale on eBay...

By: dmt

dmt — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:03:46 -0800

Item location: Glasgow Figures, doesn't it? Surely stolen to order? It's not like it can be sold. What a shame...

By: bluedaniel

bluedaniel — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 09:30:36 -0800

How long until that auction's pulled?