London gallery of stolen two paintings by Damien Hirst
The total cost of the stolen paintings with colored circles is about 30,000 pounds
Damien HURST Pyronin Y. 2005
Source : huffingtonpost.co.uk
from Exhibitionist Gallery in London's Notting Hill on the night of Sunday to Monday was stolen two works by Damien Hirst total cost of 33,000 pounds. Both stolen works belong to a series of paintings by Hirst with colored circles. This «Pyronin Y» 2005 ( size 100 x 117 ) at a cost of 15 thousand pounds and «Oleoylsarcosine» 2008 ( 66 x 89) for 18,000 pounds. Both papers are signed .
According to police , the attacker entered the gallery , cracking doors . Hirst taking pictures , it left a black car in the direction of Ladbroke Grove . Paintings are quite large , which means that fit completely in the car they could not. Police are looking for witnesses who saw a black car with a body of type " hatchback ", from which peeped the picture. According to a police sergeant John Lightfoot purpose thief were just paintings by Damien Hirst .
series of paintings with dots (spot paintings) - one of the most popular Hirst. In 2012 , for example , 11 Gagosian galleries around the world had a lump exhibition "point "pictures . The most loyal fans , who visited all 11 exhibits , got one picture as a gift . "Point" of fans turned out to 128 people . Total number of works with colored circles Hirst huge. First the artist turned to the topic in the late 1980s and it has been so far. Recently, he still counted them : just came out of the studio in 1365 "point" works .
Prepared by Mary Onuchina , AI
Sources : magic1152.co.uk , huffingtonpost.co.uk , news.yahoo.com , artinvestment.ru
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