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  • Heist, recovery story of de Kooning painting to be turned into film

    Annastashia Goolsby, Syndicated content|Updated Mar 30, 2021

    SILVER CITY - Sliced from its frame in a secure museum - the University of Arizona Museum of Art in Tucson - the day after Thanksgiving 1985, the world-renowned "Woman-Ochre" by Willem de Kooning was mysteriously discovered three decades later in Cliff. It was found in the longtime home of Jerry and Rita Alter, a recently deceased couple. Now, 36 years after the infamous art heist, Academy Award-winning writer Mark Monroe and Emmy-nominated director Allison Otto plan to...