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Those Stolen Snoop and Mandela Paintings Have Been Found and Returned

April 21, 2014 By Jenna Marotta

(Photo: Cotton Candy Machine’s Facebook)

The missing portraits of Nelson Mandela and Snoop Lion are back on the premises of the Cotton Candy Machine, the Williamsburg gallery where they were from stolen six weeks ago.

“This is the best news I could get on a Monday morning. I’m super stoked. Especially the Mandela painting,” said artist Amar Stewart on the phone from the Cotton Candy Machine, about to toast to their safe return over beers with gallery co-owner Sean Leonard.
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‘Art-less Dodger’ Indicted For Swiping Portraits of Basquiat, Mandela and Snoop

March 10, 2014 By Elizabeth Flock

The 49-year-old who allegedly stole three paintings from a Williamsburg art gallery before being chased down by the gallery owner, and then apprehended by police, has been indicted and is facing charges of burglary, larceny and robbery of artwork worth $10,000.
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Rick Ross, Action Bronson and 10 Other Rap Royals, as Painted By a Dutch Master

February 27, 2014 By Jenna Marotta

When Amar Stewart moved from London to Bushwick a couple of months ago, he brought with him his oil paintings of Biggie and Tupac, inspired by the art of Frans Hals, a Dutchman whose works hangs at The Met.
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