Art theft

Paul van Hoeydonck’s Man in Space stolen from Berlin gallery

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Paul van Hoeydonck’s Man in Space stolen from Berlin gallery
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Berlin police sought a numbered example of Paul van Hoeydonck’s Man in Space (Fallen Astronaut), taken from a gallery in Berlin-Mitte on 31 July 2021. The work is an aluminium figure set in blue acrylic. Image: Berlin Police.

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