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»Sale Purchase and Steal Agreement«, 2008 (A contract that says that the work in question (the framed contract) will at some point be stolen by the artist or a third party assigned by the artist.

»L’orologio di Silvio Berlusconi (Silvio Berlusconi’s watch)«, 2008 by Alberto De Michele.




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»The Thrill Of Collecting«, (2008) was an exhibtion in the Uovo Open Office in Basel. Initiated 3 days before the opening by Cyprien Gaillard, Tobias Madison and Emanuel Rossetti it featured 17 international artists. Only artworks that were stolen were allowed into the show. The title was taken from an AXA Art Insurance Programm whose advertising sign was stolen from their booth in the collectors lounge of Art Basel.




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The Bad Guys (The Amazon Noir Crew: Cirio, Lizvlx, Ludovico, Bernhard) stole copyrighted books from Amazon by using sophisticated robot-perversion technology coded by supervillain Paolo Cirio. Amazon Noir by Ubermorgen.




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»In My Place«, 2004. Hidden camera video filmed at a peep show in Bogotá Colombia.

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»Desired Objects«, 2007. Photographic record of thieves captured at a store in Medellín, Colombia.

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»Knife Sessions«, 2006-2007. Educational video series on “how to stab” people correctly. By Edwin Sanchez.




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»A Propósito« (1997) consists of a sculpture of 120 stolen car stereos obtained on the black market, and a looped video projection documenting the artists stealing a car stereo.

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»Jedbangers« (1998-2002) deals with the sub-culture of headbangers in Mexico City at the same time as it becomes an allusion to ancient transcendental practices. The video projects onto a screen sitting on top of a wall of speakers that constantly emanate white noise. Both projects by Yosuha Okón.




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Steal Graffiti! Fun and free! This mosaic by Invader from Paris was stolen in Shibuya/Tokyo.

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Monsieur A by Andre in Venice and Monsieur A at home.

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Rat by Banksy stolen in Vienna.