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 Going North, King’s cross Station
by George Earl.
Going North, King’s Cross Station is an oil on canvas
painting by George Earl. A group of fashionable passengers are
gathered on a platform at King's Cross station, with their dogs,
guns and sporting equipment, ready to catch a train to Scotland at
the beginning of the game shooting season in August. Earl is best
known as a sporting and animal painter, and was one of the few
artists to set such elaborate narrative paintings in station
interiors. He painted several versions of this work including its
companion painting, 'Going South', showing the return to
London.
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 andall things necessary for
practising the forging signatures on the bottom of the artworks,
BYOP.
Remember to return the cache to the exact location you found it.
Parking can be found at the local art centre or golf centre, be
wary parking near the bus stop as much of the area is no parking.
This area is pretty plain at the moment but is planned to become a
new Korean gardens in the future but whilst you're in the area
enjoy a few of the other great caches nearby.