Artnapping steals more than money
Robert Maguire
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The recent publication of the book, “The Woman Who Stole Vermeer” by Anthony M. Armor, chronicles the story of a highly educated English heiress who turned revolutionary for the IRA. This story of Bridget Dugdale, is about the mastermind behind one of the most valuable art heists in history, the private collection of Sir Alfred Beit. Nineteen works were stolen from this collection of master artists Gainsborough, Goya, Hals, Rubens, Valequez and Vermeer. Motivation to steal these works was to have these as ransom for the IRA cause. Fortunately, these masterpieces were recovered and subsequently Dogdale was convicted.
Documentary, Television, Mystery
On St. Patrickâs Day weekend in 1990, legendary works by Rembrandt, Vermeer and others worth over half a billion dollars today were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston the biggest art heist in history.
This four-part docuseries covers the leads, dead ends, lucky breaks and speculations that revolved around the investigation of this mystery, which remains unsolved.
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This is a Robbery: The World s Biggest Art Heist, Netflix - the last word (for now)
Three decades on and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist is still hot
by Florence HallettWednesday, 07 April 2021
Anne Hawley addresses the press in the aftermath of the robbery
It’s no surprise that 30 years on, the individuals most closely connected to the world’s biggest art heist are showing their age.
Review: This is a Robbery presents colorful art world heist, little closure
Netflix 4-parter focuses on 1990 Boston museum robbery
Tom Long
Dear Art Museum Bigwigs: Don’t hire some scraggly stoner musician dude to head up your security at night.
That is the first and most solid lesson “This is a Robbery: The World’s Greatest Art Heist” offers up. If he or she’s charged with protecting 700 gazillion dollars worth of art, maybe a bit of security experience would be helpful.
Otherwise this four-part documentary about the theft of 13 works of art from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 is a rambling if entertaining search for the possible culprits in a major real-world whodunit. Suspects are both plentiful and colorful, if often short-lived, but concrete answers are elusive.