Stolen Masterpieces Reward
There seems to be a lot of art theft talk around lately. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston currently has a $5 million reward up for the return of several important works stolen way back in 1990. They include paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Manet and Degas. See the stolen paintings here.
Art Thieves dressed as Boston police entered the museum and walked out with $300 million worth of paintings.
Anne Hawley, the director of the museum had this to say.. "These rare and important treasures of art need to be returned to the Gardner Museum so that they can be enjoyed again by the public. While people often talk about the monetary value of art, the value of these objects goes far beyond dollars and cents. These masterpieces have the power to inspire thinking and creativity, two processes essential to a civil society."
