Correspondents Report

Pinching in protest: how two Irish students stole a masterpiece worth millions


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It was one of the great art heists of the 20th century and it involved two Irish students taking an impressionist masterpiece from one of London's most famous galleries. Paul Hogan and his mate Billy Fogarty pinched Berthe Morisot's Jour d'Ete, a painting now worth over $10 million, not to try and make money out of it, but to stage a political protest. The pair believed the painting was the property of Ireland, and their protest worked with the artwork eventually being relocated to a gallery in Dublin. Europe Correspondent Steve Cannane has more about the little-known story of the great Irish art heist.
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