Brian Alvey

Munch and run

2030 days ago

This morning in Norway, two masked armed robbers stole Edvard Munch's famous movie poster painting of Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone.
There wasn't much security in the museum — the thieves just plucked the paintings off of the walls and walked out the front door to their escape car.

Our local Applebee's bolts three-dollar posters to the wall so they don't get stolen. But a $75 million painting is just hanging on a wire in a museum in Norway and "it took a long time for the police to come."

Isn't it enough to make you want to, oh, I don't know, shout?

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Niki Alvey 2027 days ago

This site wasn't one of the news sources he compiled his story from...

...because he put his up only one minute before yours. you guys must have been writing at the exact same time :).
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Joakim Lea 2027 days ago

hmrph..

regarding your view on the lack of security at the Munchmuseum I want to add that as his paintings are some of Norways greatest national treasures, they should be as available to the public as possible. At least this is what the museum argued when confronted with the security issue. Regardless of this, another funny thing is that the paintings are not insured against robbery (because it was too expensive), so if they even get recovered, any damages will not be covered.
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Pariah Burke 2025 days ago

One minute apart, huh?

A team of crack reporters--and on a Sunday too!
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Nick Finck 2029 days ago

van Goghs well protected

I went to see Caf
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Pariah Burke 2028 days ago

Yup.

Yeah, I covered it pretty thoroughly yesterday on the Design Weblog.
http://design.weblogsinc.com/entry/2230358613635560/
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Brian Alvey 2028 days ago

Yep

I saw that. I was wondering why my site wasn't one of the news sources you compiled your story from. ;-)

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