The guard on duty broke protocol and allowed them through the employee entrance. Anyone with information about the stolen artworks should contact Director of Security Anthony Amore at 617 278 5114or reward@gardnermuseum.org. To find out if you are eligible for an Artnet News Pro group subscription, in 1997 that he believed Donati was involved. appendNewsletterSignup(); var $modal = $('#ouibounce-modal'); + '<\/div>' Courtesy The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Following a$200million art heist from the Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990, numerous theories arose, but the truth remains elusive. link.rel = 'stylesheet'; In this March 18, 1990, image from surveillance video released Thursday, an unauthorized visitor walks inside the rear entrance of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It was a case that also garnered national attention for its haul and the fact that the museum offered a whopping $10 million for information leading to the arrests of the thieves responsible and for the recovery of the art itself. The FBI suspects the stolen paintings eventually passed to the Philadelphia mob. }, 100); function slideInModal(upOrDown) { They pulled off what has infamously become known as the biggest art heist in history. // dataType: 'json', The docuseries also dives into the theory that art thief Myles Connor had something to do with the heist. Because art crimes of this nature typically require an inside source, he was high on the list of possible conspirators. And now, as people show a renewed interest in the case, there has still been no word on who committed the crimes or where the millions of dollars worth of art are. Dec 15, 2021, By reported. document.body.appendChild(script); if (window.jQuery) { While the world may never know what actually transpired during that fateful day in arthistory, we have gathered up a few of the most famous theories: The amount of time spent in the museum, the apparent knowledge of where the desired art was, and the fact that surveillance footage was removed, has led some theorists to believe it was an inside job. h = Math.max(document.documentElement.clientHeight, window.innerHeight || 0), if (!expirationMinutes) { regex: { + '