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On Saint Patrick's Day 1990, two thieves made off with thirteen famous works of art from a Boston museum. Included in the theft were paintings by Rembrandt, Degas, Vermeer and Manet valued at $500 million dollars. Federal Bureau of Investigation authorities believe the thieves were part of a New England criminal organization. Empty frames are still on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum giving the curious a chance to be at the scene of the largest art theft in U.S. history. And so, the crime scene of the stolen artworks, links to organized crime, and the intrigue of it all make for an interesting form of art in our sometimes twisted culture...no?
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