![]() ![]() So popular, in fact, that it has been stolen not once but twice. ![]() On the first occasion, in 1976, a German performance artist stole The Poor Poet from off the walls of the New National Gallery in Berlin. He was chased by the museum guards but managed to get into his car and drive away. He then drove to a working-class neighborhood of Berlin and hung the famous painting up on the wall of an immigrant family’s home. The stunt was designed to highlight the discrimination Turkish newcomers were facing in German society at the time. Regardless of whether or not he succeeded, the painting was quickly recovered and returned to the museum. The painting was stolen again in 1989, however. This time, a visitor in a fake wheelchair managed to take this painting and another similarly small work by Spitzweg off the walls and smuggle them out right under the nose of the security guards. This time around, there was no happy ending. Neither of the paintings has been recovered. Moreover, since both works are compact and easy to hide, and since there was no CCTV back in 1989, it’s likely that Hitler’s favorite painting will remain missing, presumed lost for good. And, what’s more, these two aren’t the only Spitzweg paintings whose location is unknown. In all, some 36 works from the German artist’s vast output remain missing, almost all of them having been stolen.ĭid the mafia steal this massive masterpiece back in 1969? Wikimedia Commons. Lawrence by Caravaggio has been top of the FBI’s most-wanted stolen works of arts since it was taken from a Sicilian church in 1969įor more than 40 years, detectives and amateur sleuths alike have been trying to find Caravaggio’s famous altarpiece. Not for nothing has this topped the list of the FBI’s “Most-wanted stolen works of art” ever since it was snatched from a church in Sicily back in 1969. Some investigators, including one notable journalist, claim that they have come close to getting the Caravaggio back. And, what’s more, some believe that it may have been lost for good. The sift is NOT for promoting your own videos - it is for sharing videos others have made.The huge artwork – it measures six square metres – was painted by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio back in 1609. Mind you, we only share videos you discover that someone else has made if you "self link," by posting a video you have made, have posted or have interests in, you risk the ban hammer - read the posting guidelines before posting. And - you are guaranteed to find more very good videos here already! Post it here, and share it with the large community of video-interested users. Post and share it here - VideoSift is the best video aggregator on the Web, where we share, discuss, promote, and interact with the best videos out there on the web. Have you seen a really funny, surprising, scary, interesting, cute or in any other way extra good quality video? ![]() Upcoming Unsifted Videos - active video submissions that neither are published to the front page nor archived to the submitter's personal queue.It is always recommended that you have a look through the Top New Videos, but also have a look at these: The Top New Videos list is always full of interesting, current videos. If the sifted video is in a play list, have a look at the play list to see other interesting videos the Sift users have linked together.Įnter the Sift Lounge to chat with online sifters about anything and everything, or read interesting posts in the Sift Talk forum. When browsing sifts you like, have a look at the Related Posts list to see other related videos, click the tags under the video title to see more sifts tagged with the same tags or have a look at other sifts from the same user in the More Posts By list. Try clicking on the various channels to see videos posted to that channel - if you're into music you can click the Music channel to get more music sifts - go on and explore! Use the "hotness" when you have opened the channel link to get videos that have gotten a lot of votes, or use "newness" to have a look at the new sifts. ![]()
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