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Visiting the Painting: Art, Story, and What Comes Next
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Two and a half hours north of Amsterdam, in the city of Groningen, Rossman accompanies Brand to the Groninger Museum where 'The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring' now hangs on its own gallery wall. Brand is visibly moved. He tells a romantic story about the woman in the painting, imagining her as Sien Hoornik or a young woman Van Gogh loved, giving the canvas a personal meaning beyond art history. Also present is Andreas Bluhm, the former museum director who was in charge both when Durham stole two paintings from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002 and when the Singer Laren Van Gogh was taken in 2020. His feelings about Durham are complicated: gratitude for the recovery, but far from forgiveness. [1] — Andreas Bluhm "I'm grateful, but I'm a little bit— I mean, it's like— double feelings. Yeah, you have mixed feelings. I have mixed feelings. But as he sai…" 30:07 He keeps score literally — it's '2-1' now, he says, and he'll feel better when Durham recovers another one to break even. Brand, meanwhile, is already energised. The recovered painting is proof that the hunt is never hopeless. Durham, Rossman notes, is now working with Brand on a new case: a stolen Picasso believed to be hidden in North America. Brand has another case going with two Chicago-area sisters, ages 6 and 9.
Durham is now teaming up with Brand on their next case: a stolen Picasso believed to be hidden somewhere in North America. Brand, meanwhile, is pursuing a separate case with two unlikely new partners — Chicago-area sisters ages 6 and 9.
