Sadly, I learned that one of my favorite Caravaggio paintings was stolen between Tuesday night and Thursday morning (July 27 – 30th), from the Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art in the Ukraine. The Taking of Christ has long been considered one of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s more exceptional works. Along with Supper at Emmaus and The Conversion of St. Paul (which is my favorite), The Taking of Christ is a masterpiece. Evidently, the thieves entered through a window and cut the canvas from it’s frame. You can read more about this disturbing art heist on the Art Observed site, which is where I first learned of it. I’m…