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In reply to the discussion: France’s iconic ‘Liberty’ painting vandalised at Louvre [View all]amandabeech
(9,893 posts)66. I live far away now, but I'm thinking that maybe I could take a side trip
to Chicago when I go back to Michigan in the summer to see my family and friends and enjoy the Lake Michigan beach. I haven't been to Chicago for anything other than a quick business trip for years and years.
I hope that you'll find a few extra bucks so that you can go every couple of years. Illinois and Chicago seem to be having problems lately. A general uptick in the overall U.S. economy would really help Chicago, Illinois and the rest of the Midwest.
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I doubt it. I love the painting, but most Americans wouldn't know what it is about or
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#31
There probably was a guard and a number of student painters copying the art.
JDPriestly
Feb 2013
#33
CT lore holds that the Statue of Liberty from France is an Illuminati symbol of control of the USA.
freshwest
Feb 2013
#36
I melted down at the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam...it was one of his wheat fields with
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#17
Hope you'll visit my Challenge in GD today around 5 pm est. Some interesting works...
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#26
I always think I can just jump on the train to NYC and go see the latest art exhibit...
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#62
Well, here's the thing: I also drive to Boston to visit my dtr and we go to the MFA.
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#64
I bet they'll remove that indelible ink with some kind of unimaginable futuristic technology.
DaveJ
Feb 2013
#15
OK, just getting up here...will check it out. I love being an art detective and finding
CTyankee
Feb 2013
#48
Couldn't she at least have been creative and drawn Madonna's bullet bra on it? n/t.
Ken Burch
Feb 2013
#39