More than 30 years after 13 works of art were stolen from the Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, the question remains: “those Rembrandts, Vermeers and Manets gone forever?” Even today their empty frames hang at the Gardner, a constant and excruciating reminder of inexplicable loss.
With the artworks valued in current terms at possibly $500 million or more, an important new lead might just be the key to finally cracking the case.
Join renowned Boston reporter Bob Ward at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich when he discusses his latest reporting in “The Caper That Stunned the Art World: The Gardner Museum Heist, 30 Years Later.” Produced by the Museum as a part of its “Bruce Presents: Thought Leaders in Art and Science” speaker series, the program will take place via Zoom on Thurs., June 2, at 7 p.m. Support for Bruce Presents is provided by Berkley One, a Berkley Company.
Bruce Museum COO and Managing Director Suzanne Lio said, “For museum administrators, collectors and sleuths alike, the unsolved mystery of the Gardner heist remains irresistibly alluring. For three decades, the authorities have amassed an incredible number of leads, clues and theories ”” but still no breakthrough. That”™s why Ward”™s latest reporting intrigues. He thinks the case will one day be solved and we”™re excited to explore why.”
Ward is a Boston 25 News reporter and is widely regarded as one of the best crime reporters in New England. A native New Englander, Ward is a graduate of Emerson College.
The discussion will be moderated by Leonard Jacobs, co-producer of the Bruce Presents series.
To join this online, live-streamed Zoom webinar, visit mbrucemuseum.org and click on the Reservations button to sign up. Tickets are free for Bruce Museum members; $20 for nonmembers.
