British writer Maria Fusco was invited to curate the second of a series of four exhibitions at the Whitechapel Gallery in London featuring works from the ”la Caixa” Collection of Contemporary Art selected by internationally acclaimed authors.

One morning in August 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre without anyone noticing. The painting remained missing for two years. However, far from deterring visitors, this absence had the opposite effect: crowds flocked to the museum to see the empty space on the wall.