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Art Theft and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Art History Happy Hour
English - May 12, 2015 17:24 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MB - ★★★★ - 89 ratingsVisual Arts Arts Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On March 18, 1990, two thieves entered the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole 13 objects from the museum's collection. This incident, which has remained largely unsolved, has drawn attention to the problem of art theft in the contemporary world. In today's episode, we discuss the heist, some of theories regarding who was involved, and the issue of art theft more broadly.