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The ‘FBI’ Seized a Stolen Rembrandt in a Gallery Raid; It Was a Movie Promotion Stunt
The stunt cleverly tested—and demonstrated—a new dimension in which performance art can gain traction today: as content.
On the 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, retired FBI agent offers theory on whodunnit
On the 35th anniversary of the 1990 theft of $500 million worth of artwork from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, an FBI ...
Did the FBI Really Confiscate a Stolen Rembrandt at a NYC Art Gallery?
The viral video was not, in fact, the discovery of a painting which was stolen in the still-unsolved Isabella Stewart Gardner ...
Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...
Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece
The recent discovery of an art forger's workshop reminds us of the long history of fraudulent artworks – here are the simple ...
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 35 years after the theft, restores frames: ‘We’re always hopeful for their return’
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 35 years after the theft, restores frames: ‘We’re always hopeful for their return’ ...
The New York Sun6d
When Queen Esther and Rembrandt Took Amsterdam by Storm
The Bible’s Queen Esther was one of the defining Dutch divas of the 17th century and muse to some of Amsterdam’s greatest ...
BBC6d
Rembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece
Authorities confiscated more than 70 fraudulent artworks falsely attributed to notable artists from Pissarro to Picasso, Rembrandt to Dora Maar, along with materials used to mimic vintage canvases ...
The New York Times4d
Want to be Alone With a Rembrandt and a Queen? Here’s Your Chance.
You might not instinctively pair Queen Esther with Rembrandt van Rijn, the Dutch master who invented realism in the 17th century. Yet “The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt,” a delectably ...