Tag Archives: Connoisseurship

Of Neighbors and Fences

From Patrick at Popehat comes news of a blockbuster art theft. Someone with no intention of selling the thing, and every intention of savoring it (or perhaps eliciting ransom for it), has contracted a crack team of pane-removing window climbers … Continue reading

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She’s five and a half feet tall and weighs about a ton

Once in a while, the world sees the discovery of an ancient artifact in good condition that isn’t a forgery.  In this case, excavators near Skopje have unearthed a relatively awesome late Roman Venus pudica: All too often, things like … Continue reading

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