A nick of paint

26th February 2011

Police are investigating a robbery which occurred at the house of contemporary artist Jerzy Nowosielski, who died on Monday.

According to TVN24, initial police reports claim that around eight or nine works were stolen during the break-in at the late artist’s Krakow home, although this has yet to be confirmed.

The news site also states that the collected value of the works is estimated to be several hundred thousand zlotys and that the robbery took place sometime between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.

“There are no doubts that paintings have been taken,” confirmed spokeswoman for Malopolska police, Katarzyna Cislo. “At this present time we are still unsure exactly ...