Salon.com > Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum http://www.salon.com Sun, 26 May 2013 01:38:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 FBI launches publicity campaign to nab notorious art thieves http://www.salon.com/2013/03/19/f_b_i_launches_publicity_campaign_to_nab_notorious_art_thieves/ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/19/f_b_i_launches_publicity_campaign_to_nab_notorious_art_thieves/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:00:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13245456 The FBI claims to have identified the two people who in 1990 perpetrated what the New York Times refers to as the "one of the most brazen art thefts in history." On March 18, 1990, two thieves walked out of Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum with $500 million in art, including works by Vermeer, Rembrandt, Manet and Degas, in what remains "the largest property crime in American history." To date, authorities have not found any of the artworks or made any arrests connected to the crime.

Twenty-three years later -- to the day -- investigators say they've identified the perpetrators. However, FBI special agent Richard DesLauriers announced yesterday that the FBI is now seeking help from the public, hoping to glean information on the whereabouts of the artwork. From the Times:

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