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In 1956 Paul Hogan shocked the art world by unhooking an Impressionist masterpiece from a wall in the Tate Gallery (London) and carrying it calmly out of the gallery. Despite being photographed by journalists while he was stealing it, he's never been prosecuted.
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The Tate Gallery, which now has four major sites including Tate Modern, was named after Henry Tate of the Sugar refiners ‘Tate and Lyle’, after he offered his art collection and provided funding for the first Tate Gallery in 1889.
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