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- History’s greatest art heist occurs at a Boston museum (1990) Photo : Josh Reynolds, File/AP. In the early morning, on the day after St. Patrick’s Day, thieves entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, subduing guards who were watching the Boston institution’s grounds at night.
- Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre by an Italian handyman (1911) Photo : Via Wikimedia Commons. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa may be the most well-known artwork in the world—and an art heist is one of the reasons its fame was cemented.
- 'Spider-Man' steals five masterpieces from a Paris museum (2010) Photo : Thibault Camus/AP. The theft of five major works of modern art from Paris’s Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville in 2010 was so slick, it drew comparisons to Arsène Lupin, the fictional thief of French pulp fame, and Spider-Man, whose name became the moniker by which the burglar who committed the heist ended up being known.
- Impressionist masterpieces are taken from a Paris museum as the public looks on (1985) Photo : Francois Mori/AP. The artwork that gave its name to the Impressionist art movement was stolen from Paris’s Musée Marmottan in 1985, in one of the most daring heists ever committed anywhere.
- The Thieves Likely Succeeded Due to Canny Planning, Luck and Lax Security.
- The FBI Has Named Suspects in The Crime, But The Works Remain missing.
- Theories Big and Small Abound, But Certain Answers Are Hard to Come By.
Wealthy American art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner constructed her namesake museum out of her private, Venetian palazzo–inspired home in the hope that it would provide “for the education and enjoyment of the public forever.” But after her death in 1924, the museum fell into financial disrepair. By 1990, the museum’s security flaws were common ...
In 2013, the FBI announced that it had identified the two thieves with a “high degree of confidence.” In 2015, the organization revealed the names of its primary suspects: George Reissfelder and Leonard DiMuzio, two associates of the late mobster Carmello Merlino. Both resembled police sketches of the criminals and died within one year of the heist...
As the Guardian reports, dozens of theories ranging from conspiratorial to credible have cropped up over the years. Most people, including the FBI, argue that the works traveled through organized crime networks in Boston: namely, the mob. “This Is a Robbery” is less interested in “whodunnit” and more interested in tracking where the paintings might...
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May 19, 2024 · 6 minute read. Published 3:00 AM EDT, Sun May 19, 2024. Link Copied! The empty frame that used to house Rembrandt's "The Storm on the Sea of Galilee," before it was stolen in a mysterious art...
Mar 3, 2022 · SMART NEWS. History of Now. A Tantalizing Clue Emerges in the Unsolved Gardner Museum Art Heist. Boston police officers tell local media that the 1991 murder of Jimmy Marks might be linked to...
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In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves bound the guards and looted the museum over the next hour.
Mar 18, 2013 · Twenty three years ago today, thieves pulled off one of the greatest art heists in history – making off with $500 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Today, the FBI...
Sophie Calle. Artist Sophie Calle reflects on the theft. What is known about the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist—the single largest property theft in the world.
