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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, located in Boston, Massachusetts, was founded in 1903 by art collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner. The museum is housed in a stunning Venetian-style palace, designed to emulate a 15th-century Venetian palazzo, and features an intimate courtyard garden. Its collection includes over 7,500 paintings, sculptures, tapestries and decorative arts from around the world, with notable works by Titian, Rembrandt, Johannes Vermeer and John Singer Sargent. The museum also hosts contemporary art exhibitions, concerts, and educational programs, enhancing its vibrant cultural presence. Read more about Museums.

Two men dressed with FBI jackets hold a painting to take it out of a gallery

The ‘FBI’ Seized a Stolen Rembrandt in a Gallery Raid; It Was a Movie Promotion Stunt

The stunt cleverly tested—and demonstrated—a new dimension in which performance art can gain traction today: as content.
By Elisa Carollo
A photograph captures two elegantly dressed women seated at a round table during a formal event, surrounded by other attendees in a dimly lit venue with warm, ambient lighting. The older woman on the left wears a black and white patterned jacket with polka dots, a pearl necklace, and pearl earrings, and has short blonde hair styled in soft waves. The younger woman on the right wears an off-the-shoulder floral dress with large ruffled sleeves, bright orange earrings, and has her hair pulled back in a high ponytail. Both women are smiling slightly, looking directly at the camera, with plates of partially eaten food, wine glasses, and a centerpiece of white flowers on the table. A sign with the number "10" is visible in the background, indicating a table assignment at the event.

Cultural Powerhouses: The Women of Arts Philanthropy, Past and Present

Long before they could vote, women have leveraged their creativity and determination to transform the cultural landscape by championing artists and funding arts institutions.
By Aurelie Cauchy and Leslie Ramos
A collage of photographs of women throughout history

These Are the Women Who Founded Some of New York’s Greatest Art Museums

Think of a favorite work of art you've seen in New York, and there's a good chance it was brought to you by a woman.
By Mary Gregory
The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

How Museums Are Diversifying to Attract New Audiences in the Post-Pandemic Era

By Daniel Grant
Empty frame on ornate wall, flanked by two paintings.

Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closed Over a Planned Climate Protest

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Did the Last Man Alive Who Knows Where the Stolen Gardner Paintings Are Die?

By Helen Holmes
Tim and Lance at work on 'Empty Frames.'

This Podcast Is Trying to Solve One of the Greatest Art Crimes in History

By Margaret Carrigan
A garden inside the Gardner Museum, in Boston.

Gardner Museum Will Pay You $10M to Help Find Its Stolen Paintings

By Alanna Martinez
The Museum of Modern Art.

MoMA to Offer Buyouts for Staff, FBI Searches Home of Gardner Heist Suspect—and More

By Alanna Martinez
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. (Photo: gardnermuseum.org)

Boston Art Theft Suspect Jail Term Reduced, Tacoma Museum Gifted $14M, and More

By Alanna Martinez
Max Liebermann's Riders on the Beach is among the works found in Cornelius Gurlitt's massive trove of art. (Photo: )

New Foundation to Oversee Gurlitt Trove, Gardner Heist Informant Revealed and More

By Alanna Martinez
New footage released by the FBI on Thursday shows a man entering the museum at 1:00 a.m. through the same side door used by the thieves. (Photo: Video Still via YouTube, Courtesy FBI)

Do You Know This Man? New Video Footage Could Hold Clues in Museum Heist Mystery

By Alanna Martinez
Robert Gentile is brought into the federal courthouse in a wheelchair on Monday, April 20, 2015, for a continuation of a hearing that was held Friday after Gentile was arrested after selling a gun to an undercover agent. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant/TNS via Getty Images)

Hartford Mobster Tied to Art Heist Files Complaint Against the FBI

By Alanna Martinez
A garden inside the Gardner Museum, in Boston.

Mobster Allegedly Tried to Sell Works Lost in $500 Million Gardner Museum Heist

By Nate Freeman
Eze. (Courtesy the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)

Anne-Marie Eze Named Associate Curator at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

By Andrew Russeth

F.B.I. Intensifies Investigation of 1990 Gardner Museum Heist

By M.H. Miller

FBI Searches Mobster’s Connecticut Home, Perhaps Looking for Gardner Museum Loot

By Rozalia Jovanovic
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