On Wednesday, the New York City Police Department announced that on May 14, a young white man and white woman with European accents entered Taglialatella Galleries in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood and attempted to steal an unidentified painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, the New York Post reported. According to the NYPD, the would-be thieves entered the gallery just before 5:30 p.m. and attempted to lift the painting, and were last captured on security footage leaving the premises without their intended spoils.
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