On a 5-hour flight last weekend I watched the entirety of the American documentary miniseries, “This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist”. On March 18th, 1990, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was robbed. Two men posing as police officers entered the museum, tied up security guards, spent 81 minutes cutting out famous works of art from their frames, rolled them up, and disappeared into the night. At the time, the haul—which included original works by Vermeer, Manet, and Rembrandt—was valued at $500 million, making it the biggest art heist in history. No one has ever been charged with the crime and the art has never been found.
This is a Robbery.
This is a Robbery.
This is a Robbery.
On a 5-hour flight last weekend I watched the entirety of the American documentary miniseries, “This is a Robbery: The World’s Biggest Art Heist”. On March 18th, 1990, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum was robbed. Two men posing as police officers entered the museum, tied up security guards, spent 81 minutes cutting out famous works of art from their frames, rolled them up, and disappeared into the night. At the time, the haul—which included original works by Vermeer, Manet, and Rembrandt—was valued at $500 million, making it the biggest art heist in history. No one has ever been charged with the crime and the art has never been found.