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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.
May 27, 2024 · A portrait by the figurative, Irish-born artist Francis Bacon has been recovered by the Spanish police in Madrid. Stolen from the home of banker José Capelo, along with four other paintings and a safe full of jewels and valuable coins, the work had been missing since 2015. 16 people have been arrested in connection to the crime since the start ...
May 23, 2024 · The five works stolen in July 2015 were worth €25m in total. It is thought to be the biggest theft of contemporary art in Spain. A safe containing jewels and coins was also taken at the time.
May 28, 2024 · Spanish police have recovered a stolen Francis Bacon painting valued at $5.4 million, marking a major breakthrough in the largest art heist in Spain's history.
Mar 14, 2016 · Five paintings by Francis Bacon have been stolen from the private residence in Madrid of J. C. B., a Spanish friend of the legendary painter who inherited the artworks when Bacon died, in 1992. The five paintings have a combined worth of €30 million ($33 million).
Aug 19, 2021 · Pieces of art that are ranked amongst the most expensive objects in the world have vanished forever or have taken years to track down. There are numerous shocking historical heists, but these are 7 of the most outlandish tales of art theft that captivated the world. 1. The Ghent Altarpiece (1934)
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Mar 14, 2016 · A stately mansion in a quiet residential area of downtown Madrid has been revealed as the setting for the largest contemporary art heist in recent Spanish history. Five paintings by Francis...
