Romanian Art Thieves Get 6+ Years In Prison For Rotterdam Heist

“Radu Dogaru, 29, had admitted planning the three-minute heist of works by Picasso, Monet and Gauguin in October 2012 at the Kunsthal museum in Rotterdam, dubbed the ‘theft of the century’ in the Netherlands.” Accomplice Eugen Darie received the same sentence. Dogaru’s mother faces trial for allegedly burning three of the stolen canvases.

What Renzo Piano Has Done Next To Louis Kahn’s Classical Kimbell

“It is clear that Piano has thought deeply about the work of Kahn and created a building that echoes the earlier one rather like an old Gregorian chant line woven into a newly composed Renaissance Mass: You have to look to find the subterranean connections, and in the process of looking, there is a deep and satisfying pleasure. And as you explore the tendrils of connection, you realize how much Piano has accomplished while subtly deflecting the biggest problem of all, that the modern museum is unsure of what it wants to be and why it exists.”