Art thieves have broken into the Auckland Art Museum and stolen
the famous doggy artwork “THE HOWL”. It is hidden
somewhere in Auckland. Can you find it?
Estimated to be worth well in excess of $10 million dollars
there will be a handsome reward for whoever recovers this lost work
of art.
To locate the missing artwork you will need to visit the site of
10 famous artworks featuring dogs. Inside the lid of each artwork
you will find a number. Match the number to the corresponding
letter below to get the coordinates for “The Howl” and
to locate the missing artwork.
This artwork is called Whistler’s Mother by James
Whistler.
This artwork is actually names “Arrangement in Grey and
Black: The Artist's Mother”, but is famous under its
colloquial name Whistler's Mother. It is an 1871 oil-on-canvas
painting by American-born painter James McNeill Whistler. The
painting is very large, 56.81 by 63.94 inches (144.3 × 162.4 cm),
and is displayed in a frame of Whistler's own design, The painting
is now owned by the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
When you find this artwork cache there will be a letter and a
number on a sticker under the lid. You will need this to be able to
find The Howl Heist final cache. Please record the number for your
own purposes, but do not remove it! The container is heavily
alarmed and guarded and the art police will be onto you if you do!
At the time of theft the artwork was then hidden in a small plastic
box equipped with a few trinkets and a little book for practising
forging signatures on the bottom of the artwork, bring your own pen
though.
Remember to return the cache to the exact location you found
it.