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The Kunsthal Rotterdam Heist
In a two-minute raid in 2012, thieves took seven works — by Picasso, Monet, Matisse, Gauguin and Freud — from the Kunsthal. The mother of one suspect later claimed she burned them.
The Dresden Green Vault Heist
In 2019 thieves cut power to a street light, breached a window, and stole a trove of 18th-century diamond jewellery from Dresden's Green Vault. Much of it was recovered in 2022 under a court deal.
The 2025 Louvre Crown Jewels Heist
On 19 October 2025, four men disguised as construction workers used a boom lift to enter the Louvre's Galerie d'Apollon, smashed the display cases of the French Crown Jewels, and escaped in under ten minutes with eight historic objects worth an estimated €88 million. Most remain missing.
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist
In the early hours after St. Patrick's Day 1990, two men dressed as police officers talked their way into the Gardner Museum and left with thirteen works of art. It remains the largest unsolved property theft in history. With a current value of $1 Billion.
The Stephen Shih Rodin Theft
On Thanksgiving Day 1988, Stephen Shih walked into Philadelphia's Rodin Museum with a handgun, handcuffed three guards, fired a warning shot, and strolled out with Rodin's 'Mask of the Man with the Broken Nose'. It was recovered four months later near a basement furnace.
Anthony M. Amore
Director of Security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the leading investigator on its unsolved 1990 heist. Amore has written extensively on art theft and forgery and continues to pursue leads on the thirteen works taken from the Gardner. Check out his talk on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs5d9KApA60 Check out his books: https://www.anthonyamore.com
Waterloo Bridge, London
A companion London bridge canvas taken in the 2012 Kunsthal heist and believed destroyed.
Program for an Artistic Soirée
One of five Degas works on paper taken in the 1990 Gardner heist and still missing.
Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee
Rembrandt's only known seascape, cut from its frame during the 1990 Gardner heist and still missing.
Charing Cross Bridge
One of Monet's London bridge series, taken in the 2012 Kunsthal Rotterdam heist and feared burned by a suspect's mother.
Three Mounted Jockeys
A Degas racing scene taken in the Gardner heist and never recovered.
Self-Portrait (etching)
A postage-stamp-sized Rembrandt self-portrait etching, the smallest of the objects taken in the 1990 Gardner heist.
Foundation E. G. Bührle Collection
A private Zurich collection of Impressionist masterpieces, robbed at gunpoint in a brazen 2008 daylight heist.
São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP)
Brazil's iconic elevated museum, from which a Picasso and a Portinari were stolen in a swift 2007 heist.
Three Decades On, the Gardner Reward Still Stands at $10 Million
The museum reaffirms its offer as investigators mark another anniversary of the unsolved 1990 heist.
Louvre Heist Update: Mastermind Reportedly Told Crew They “Could Have Taken More”
Newly released suspect statements describe a post-heist “performance review” from an unidentified organizer known only as “Jo” — who thought the crew left valuable pieces behind.
