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    0 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Nov 30 2007 | Paris, night club, art, thepugetnews
    Le Chat Noir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    When Jan and I were in Paris last week, she was quite enthralled by the "Le Chat Noir" posters. I wanted to look it up and see what they were ll about. Turns out that it was a late 19th-century cabaret and artist salon.

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    0 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Oct 08 2007 | art, museums, news, thepugetnews, France, Paris, Claude Monet
    Vandal Punches Hole in a Monet in Paris - New York Times

    Vandals broke into the Musée d’Orsay early Sunday morning, punching a 4 inch hole in a famous Monet painting as well as leaving "various bits of filth" before fleeing security guards.

    Quoted: Intruders left a tear close to four inches long in the painting “The Argenteuil Bridge,” at the Orsay Museum.

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    0 starseric | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 28 2007 | art, news, theft, crime, Paris, Picasso, Pablo Picasso
    Two Works by Picasso Are Stolen in Paris - New York Times

    Are you sure they're not just filming Ocean's 18?

    Quoted: Police said the two oils, “Maya With Doll” and “Portrait of Jacqueline,” are estimated to be worth about $66 million.

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