Sealed inside the box is an ivory sculpture of Adam and Eve.Ī view of the Rubens House in Antwerp, Belgium, where Breitwieser stole an ivory sculpture in 1997. Here, mounted atop an ornate wooden dresser, is a plexiglass display box fastened to a sturdy base. The item they’re hunting is sheltered at the rear of the museum, in a ground-floor gallery with a brass chandelier and soaring windows, some now shuttered to protect the works from the midday sun. Several escape routes take shape in his mind. The couple drifts through the parlor and kitchen and dining room as Breitwieser memorizes the side doors and keeps track of the guards. The Rubens House is an elegant museum in the former residence of Peter Paul Rubens, the great Flemish painter of the 17th century. Breitwieser wears a button-down shirt tucked into stylish pants, topped by an overcoat that’s sized a little too roomy, a Swiss Army knife stashed in a pocket. Anne-Catherine is tastefully dressed in Chanel and Dior bought in secondhand shops, a big Yves Saint Laurent bag on her shoulder.

The couple blends with the tourists at the Rubens House, pointing and nodding at sculptures and oils.

It’s lunchtime, stealing time, on a busy Sunday in Antwerp, Belgium, in February 1997. Then they purchase two tickets with cash and walk in. Watch it below.Approaching the museum, ready to hunt, Stéphane Breitwieser clasps hands with his girlfriend, Anne-Catherine Kleinklaus, and together they stroll to the front desk and say hello, a cute couple. It’s a pretty piece of music and of filmmaking. It looks like she recorded the performance at sunrise, with the rays hitting her and her guitar just right. Lenker played the songs single “ anything” solo-acoustic, with one microphone picking up both her voice and guitar. She may have recorded that one at Joshua Tree again in any case, it’s some kind of sandy landscape. Lenker gave her Colbert performance outside. Last night, Lenker was the musical guest on Stephen Colbert’s Late Show, and it was even cooler. But Lenker, who released the solo quarantine albums songs and instrumentals last year, knows how to give a TV performance that puts her in the best possible light, figuratively and literally.Ī couple of months ago, Lenker played a quick set for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts series while parked in a trailer at Joshua Tree. In the quarantine era, without the rest of her band with her, Big Thief leader Adrianne Lenker can’t possibly hope to conjure the same level of focus and chemistry.

Over the past few years, Big Thief have given some truly memorable performances on late-night TV.

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