The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft
Shortly after midnight on March 18, 1990, two men broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. It is the largest art heist in history; it is the biggest burglary in American memory. But after thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews, and a $5 million reward, not a single painting has been recovered.
Worth as much as $500 million, the missing masterpieces have become the Holy Grail of the art world. My book tells the story behind the theft, looking at the art, the museum, and reveals new evidence about the men who were behind the caper.
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I write about social policy, culture, and the arts. I’m particularly interested in education and criminal justice issues. My work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and Smithsonian and won a variety of awards. I’m the founding editor of the Open Case, a crime magazine and web community.
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Gardner theft
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Ulrich Boser on assignment in the French Alps for an article about Hannibal’s route to Rome. Photo Credit: Patrick Hunt.
Praise
“Boser has produced a captivating portrait of the world's biggest unsolved art theft.”
“A vivid portrait of the high-stakes world of art crime.”
“Boser has done a public service in exposing the real world of art theft: It isn't about glamour and culture — it's about greed, violence and irreparable, maddening loss.”
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