A Late-Night Celebration of the Gardner Heist's Anniversary

Nine years ago today, two men posing as police officers broke into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston and stole a dozen masterpieces, including one Vermeer, three Rembrandts, and five Degas. It was the largest art heist in history, but after thousands of leads, hundreds of interviews, and a $5 million reward, not a single painting has been recovered. The missing masterpieces, worth $500 million, remain one of the nation's most extraordinary unsolved mysteries. Ulrich Boser's new book, The Gardner Heist, explores unfinished leads from the original case, hinting at the true story
behind the infamous Gardner heist—though ultimately offering few concrete answers.

The matter's been in the media all week, with the Herald offering extensive coverage of St. Pat's revelers who may have been key witnesses and never-before-seen crime scene photos. HubArts commemorates the event as well.

If you'd like to learn more about the matter, see Boser speak tomorrow (Thursday, March 19) at 6pm in the Boston Public Library's Rabb Hall.