When we were 19, we carried out a secret art project. Over the course of two years, from 1995 to 1997, we stole fifty fragments from masterpieces by some of our favorite artists, including Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Joseph Beuys, Jean Tinguely, Jeff Koons, Wassily Kandinsky, and Marc Chagall. The pieces were taken from renowned museums across the United States and Europe. Each theft was documented through photographs that captured our interventions with the artworks. The project was publicly revealed in 2010 through an exhibition at Postmasters Gallery in New York.
From Jeff Koons.
From Jean Tinguely.
From Marcel Duchamp.
From Andy Warhol.
From Robert Rauschenberg.
The final theft, involving a work by Alberto Burri, was recorded with a hidden camera.
From Joseph Beuys.
From Karel Appel.
From Edward Kienholz.
From Giorgio de Chirico.
From Marc Chagall.
From Jean Tinguely.
From Duane Hanson.
From Nam June Paik.
From Richard Artschwager.
From Robert Morris.
From Jasper Johns.
From Joseph Beuys.
From Robert Smithson.
From Jeff Koons.
From Carl Andre.
From Daniel Spoerri.
From César.
From Raymond Hains.
From Jacques Villeglé.
From César.
From Tom Wesselmann.
From Zoltán Kemény.
From Daniel Spoerri.
From George Segal.
From César.
From George Segal.
From Jean Dubuffet.
From Martial Raysse.
From Giuseppe Penone.
From Philippe Parreno & Pierre Joseph.
From Raymond Hains.
From Valérie Favre.
From Martial Raysse.
From Dominique Gonzales-Foerster.
From Edward Kienholz.
From Alberto Burri.
From Wassily Kandinsky.
From Joseph Beuys.
From Nam June Paik.
From César.
From Claes Oldenburg.
From Richard Long.
From Gilbert & George.
From Marcel Duchamp.
From César.
Installed at Carroll/Fletcher, London.
Blake Gopnik, The Washington Post.