Sleight of Hand (letters), 2024
letters exchanged between the British Museum’s Legal Services and the artist
variable dimensions, 7 copies on 21 x 29.7 cm paper and translations + 10 x 15 photographs

In these letters that starts with the allegation from the museum saying that “we have reason to believe that, notwithstanding your statements to the press, you may still be in possession of the original Coin”, the artist and the Legal Services of the British Museum investigate the possible interpretations on the “originality” of the coin and what really happened during the heist.

Installation views from the exhibition “Trick” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, São Paulo, 2025

SELECTION OF ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

Mateus Nunes – Did Ilê Sartuzi Rob the British Museum? (Frieze)
Oliver Basciano – How to Steal from the British Museum – a Brazilian’s Artist Guide (ArtReview)
Evan Moffitt – Another object has been stolen from the British Museum but this time by an artist (The Art Newspaper)
Sarah Huertes – Art Student Pulls Off a (Very Brief) Coin Heist at the British Museum (The New York Times)
Nadia Khomami – Brazilian artist swaps historical coin in British Museum for a fake (The Guardian)
Pierre D’Alancaisez – Art as Collateral (The Critic)
Brandon Sward – Brazilian Conceptual Artist Steals Historic Coin From the British Museum (Hyperallergic)