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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.
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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...
Learn about the biggest art theft in modern history, which happened in 1990 at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The Netflix series \"This Is a Robbery\" reveals the details, suspects and mysteries of the $500 million heist.
- Nora Mcgreevy
Oct 11, 2023 · A painting stolen during a museum heist in Glasgow more than 30 years ago has been found after being put up for auction by an unsuspecting seller. Thieves deactivated an alarm system and...
Mar 3, 2022 · A tipster claims that Jimmy Marks, a career criminal and mafia associate, had two of the stolen paintings and hid them before he was killed in 1991. The Gardner museum heist, the biggest art theft in modern history, remains unsolved despite a $10 million reward and a Netflix series.
- Nora Mcgreevy
Mar 18, 2013 · The FBI announced that it had identified the thieves who stole $500 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990. The artworks have not been recovered and the FBI is asking for the public's help.
Art theft, sometimes called artnapping, is the stealing of paintings, sculptures, or other forms of visual art from galleries, museums or other public and private locations. Stolen art is often resold or used by criminals as collateral to secure loans.
What is known about the Isabella Stewart Gardner heist—the single largest property theft in the world. 81 MINUTES. In the early hours of March 18 a vehicle pulled up near the side entrance of the Museum. Two men in police uniforms pushed the Museum buzzer, stated they were responding to a disturbance, and requested to be let in.
