Couple Strolls Into Manhattan Gallery, Tries to Leave With $45K Basquiat Painting: Cops

Man, woman try to steal $45K Basquiat painting from Manhattan gallery, police say

The NYPD said the duo managed to take the painting down from its display at Taglialatella Galleries, before being stopped and fleeing the scene empty-handed in the May 14 incident.

Couple Strolls Into Manhattan Gallery, Tries to Leave With $45K Basquiat Painting: Cops

Police are looking for a couple they say strolled into a Manhattan art gallery and tried to walk out with a $45,000 Jean-Michel Basquiat painting last weekend, authorities say. The woman, who has long blonde hair and is thought to be about 20 to 30 years old, and the man, who is believed to be around the same age, went…

Suspects try to steal $45K Basquiat painting from Manhattan exhibit

Two would-be art thieves tried to snatch a Jean-Michel Basquiat painting from a Chelsea gallery earlier this month, police said.