Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The 1990 theft of artwork from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum remains unsolved, and the mystery is still captivating the public.

The theft of 13 priceless paintings from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 35 years ago Tuesday, remains unsolved

With the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum marking 35 years since the infamous art heist, a social media campaign for a new movie left some wondering if the priceless paintings stolen had been recovered.

The museum is renovating the room where half a billion dollars worth of artwork was stolen, with frames that once held the pieces left empty in the hope they’ll eventually find their way home.

This week marks 34 years since 13 works were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The unsolved case still haunts Boston to this day, but even as the decades pass, investigators have not given up on locating the paintings and solving the mystery.  It was the largest art heist in the world. Anthony Amore, the director of the museum’s…

Richard Abath, who was working at the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum at the time of the infamous 1990 art heist, has died at the age of 57.

Richard Abath, a guard who was on duty the night of the infamous art theft at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, has died, his lawyer told The Boston Globe.

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A man who was working as a security guard at the time of a notorious Boston art heist more than three decades ago has died. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum said Tuesday that Richard Abath has died. His attorney told the Boston Globe that he died at his Vermont home at the age of 57 “after a long illness.” “We…