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Art stolen from Paris Review at the premiere of the newest issue
There has been another art robbery at Paris Review – and the case remains unsolved.
After the literary quarterly highbrow hosted a launch party for its latest issue at its Manhattan offices, a message was issued to inform guests with sticky fingers about the participant.
“Thank you so much for coming to us to celebrate the premiere of our fall edition. We had a wonderful time and we hope you’ve done it too, ”the sunny message began.
But “in the aftermath of the event, we noticed a blank hook on our wall that once housed a beautiful archival photo of two women reading The Review.”
Editors added: “We miss the photo so much and would be grateful to anyone who could help us get it back – no questions asked. Thanks again for coming and we hope to see you soon! ”
Publication editor Emily Stokes and Executive Director Lori Dorr have confirmed to us that the latest photo robbery remains unsolved.
This isn’t the first time artwork has been stolen from the Paris Review headquarters during the release’s premiere.
In 2017, former editor Lorin Stein informed the guests after the bash: “Our beloved drawing by Tomi Ungerer [German novelist] It looks like Günter Grass is gone.
This incident occurred at the Paris Review summer kick-off event.
But the source told Page Six that shortly thereafter, “the drawing returned (with two other photos that they didn’t know yet had been stolen) in a UPS mailbox with a Nashville postmark, with a fake quote from Günter Grass.”
Paris Review events were formerly referred to as “all-night alcoholic beverages where society and the counterculture drink from the same bottle of whiskey.”
A previously bound letter sent by literary editor Gordon Lish to author Ann Beattie disappeared from the walls of Paris Review – and its return was negotiated by former editor-in-chief Stephen Hiltner, now the New York Times.
