“I hope that whoever stole it, stole it because they loved it, and not because of all the hype.”

— Stella Vine

Lomax, Cathy. Lost Kitten http://cathylomax.blogspot.com/2004/07/lost-kitten-its-been-very-eventful.html, Retrieved 29 January 2009.
On the painting Kitten (2004) which was stolen from Vine's solo exhibition Prozac and Private Views at Transition Gallery, London in July 2004.

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