{"id":9299,"date":"2019-02-01T01:25:40","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T01:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=9299"},"modified":"2019-02-01T01:25:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T01:25:40","slug":"just-when-you-thought-the-news-couldnt-get-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=9299","title":{"rendered":"Just When You Thought The News Couldn&#8217;t Get Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<h6 class=\"entry-title\">Woman Nonchalantly Steals Painting from Court Painter Studio in Broad Daylight<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"secondary main-sidebar\">\n<aside id=\"custom_html-3\" class=\"widget_text widget widget_custom_html\">\n<div class=\"textwidget custom-html-widget\">\n<div>\u00a0On Sunday evening, a woman sashayed through a crowd of layabout hipsters and artist wannabes at Court Painter&#8217;s studio, calmly approached a painting of the Prime Minister of the Great Dominion, then lifted it off the wall and carried it out of the studio into a stiff Chinook breeze.<\/div>\n<p>The painting, titled \u201cPipedream Buyer in Repose\u201d by Court Painter, dates from the day before yesterday and is worth an estimated $85 including frame, according to Press Attache A Hardon Mackay .\u00a0Unsuspecting unpaid studio interns and the usual assortment of layabouts apparently mistook the thief for \u00a0Miss Missy Mayhem a noted collector and dancer and rumoured to be A Hardon MacKay&#8217;s main squeeze!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9297 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/art-heist.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/art-heist.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/art-heist-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/art-heist-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><em>Art thief caught in act of walking out the door with painting\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9296 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Court-Painter-Pipedreamer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Court-Painter-Pipedreamer.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Court-Painter-Pipedreamer-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Court-Painter-Pipedreamer-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><em>Court Painter posing with stolen painting<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content primary\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9273 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Studio.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Studio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Studio-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><em>Court Painter during the good times in the studio<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The studio&#8217;s 1990&#8217;s Sony Handicam \u00a0captured the brazen heist, which took place at a temporary studio exhibition that had no alarms fitted. Art authorities say they have arrested the (age withheld) suspect and recovered the undamaged artwork, which, after a tip-off to police, was found hidden in a dumpster in the heart of downtown Inglewood. In an interview with art detectives, the suspect reportedly claimed\u00a0she was innocent and said she could not remember where she had been on Sunday,since her workplace The French Maid is closed on Sundays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9275 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Tearful-news.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Tearful-news.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Tearful-news-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-Tearful-news-768x534.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><em>Court Painter tearfully forgiving Missy for her misdeed<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9274 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Art-Vandal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Art-Vandal.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Art-Vandal-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Art-Vandal-768x550.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><em>Angry Albertan angrily stabs &#8220;Justin the Terrible&#8221; painting<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The incident is only the latest embarrassing lapse in security at Court Painter&#8217;s studio, which was founded in 2013 and houses more than 1,300 works of unpaid commissions. In May, an angry drunken Albertan vandalized a painting of &#8220;Justin the Terrible&#8221; by stabbing at it with his umbrella,screaming in a kinda sing songey manner &#8230;<em>no no no we no want no no no carbon carbon carbon \u00a0tax<\/em>. All those within ear shot thought it was a frightfully poor rendition but heartfelt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9272 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-View-from-Studio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-View-from-Studio.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-View-from-Studio-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Court-Painter-View-from-Studio-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><em>Court Painter wistfully wondering what it&#8217;s all about<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Both crimes raise questions about security in Court Painter&#8217;s studio which has continually complained of security shortages since budget cutbacks in 2015. On Monday, the newly appointed Heritage Minister ,who oversees the Great Dominion&#8217;s cultural affairs, ordered the ministry of culture to investigate the studio for security compliance and provide unpaid studio interns and layabouts with extra judo chop &amp; tackle training and free access to Youtube videos on &#8220;How to Spot An Art Thief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woman Nonchalantly Steals Painting from Court Painter Studio in Broad Daylight \u00a0On Sunday evening, a woman sashayed through a crowd of layabout hipsters and artist wannabes at Court Painter&#8217;s studio, calmly approached a painting of the Prime Minister of the Great Dominion, then lifted it off the wall and carried it out of the studio &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=9299\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Just When You Thought The News Couldn&#8217;t Get Worse&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9299"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9309,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9299\/revisions\/9309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}