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A comment on Spoil Your Secret Sauce.

Re:Spoil Your Secret Sauce by martythemaniak on Thursday July 20, 2023 @10:54AM (#36801391)
> In many cases, the story is the sauce. The Mona Lisa isn’t exceptionally good art – it’s the world’s most well-known painting because it was stolen and recovered during the birth of global media coverage. Likewise, Banksy’s works are more valuable when theatrically shredded.

Actually, it is stunningly good, innovative and unique art and was renowned and exceptionally valued long before it was stolen. When DaVinci moved/retired to France, it was one of only a handful of paintings he took with him. Napoleon hung it in his bedroom.

A great documentary on it by Great Art Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElWG0_kjy_Y

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Re:Spoil Your Secret Sauce by HelloNurse on Friday July 21, 2023 @03:22AM (#36810978)
It is also small: among many equally important masterpieces at the Louvre, it is one of the most portable, making it a good option if you are deciding what to steal.
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