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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.
Renoir's Recovered!: Bricked-Up Beauties & Bungling Burglars
Two stolen Renoirs, a cinderblock wall, and a trail of DNA. French police have recovered $4.7 million worth of Paintings. The works (and the thieves’ getaway plan) had a few holes in them.
Ecce Mono: The Monkey Christ
Well-meaning parishioner Cecilia Giménez attempted to touch up a flaking fresco of Christ and produced 'Ecce Mono' — a hazy, simian visage that became a global sensation.
Who's Afraid of a Red, Yellow and Boxcutter
Dutch painter Gerard Jan van Bladeren slashed Barnett Newman's monumental 'Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III' dozens of times — and its controversial restoration was later attacked as more damaging than the knife.
Please Don't Step in the Peanut Butter
Wim T. Schippers' 'Peanut Butter Platform' — more than 1,000 litres of peanut butter spread across a gallery floor — was left unbarriered, and four visitors promptly stepped straight into it.
A Painting Under Siege
Rembrandt's 'The Night Watch' has been knifed (1911), slashed with a bread knife into dozens of zigzag cuts (1975), and sprayed with sulfuric acid (1990) — surviving all three.
Cattelan Banana too Tempting for Hungy Student
Days after Maurizio Cattelan's 'Comedian' — a banana duct-taped to a wall — debuted, performance artist David Datuna peeled it off and ate it in front of stunned visitors.