Art Crimes

Breaking News! The FBI knows the Identity of Gardner Art Thieves!

March 18, 2013

Rembrandt in Philly? Monet in Connecticut? Well, Well, my dear Dr. Watson.. On the 23rd anniversary of one of the largest art thefts in world history– more than 500 million dollars worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum- the FBI has announced…

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In the news: Italian art police track down copy of Da Vinci’s lost masterpiece

December 4, 2012

Italian art police have successfully tracked down a 400 hundred year-old-copy of a lost Da Vinci Masterpiece- an unfinished Fresco of the Battle of Anghiari. After being stolen, the panel’s secret journey took it from Naples to Switzerland, Germany, New York, and, finally,…

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Unsolved Art Mysteries: WHODUNIT?

March 7, 2010

The Case of the Pilfering “Policemen” by Leticia Marie Sanchez WHO: Two art burglars disguised as policemen WHAT: The greatest art heist in world history WHERE: Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum WHEN: October 18, 1990 WHY: $500 million dollars worth…

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