BOSTON (AP) — For decades, the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum — now valued at more than $500 million — has remained unsolved.

Not because people want to see precious objects snatched from some of the world’s most infamous institutions, but rather because of the fascination and thrill these heists provoke. So when eight ...

Just months after four thieves carried out a brazen eight-minute smash-and-grab at the Louvre Museum in Paris, making off with $102 million worth of French Crown Jewels, another brazen museum heist ...

A bold museum heist overseas is drawing global attention and raising new questions about whether similar crimes could happen in the United States. Works attributed to masters like Pierre-Auguste ...

The 1972 Worcester Art Museum heist is now the basis for the film "The Mastermind" starring Josh O'Connor. Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at PEOPLE who joined the crime team in 2025. Chris is an ...

An empty frame hangs on patterned green walls in the Dutch Room at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where artworks were stolen in a 1990 art heist, April 9, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah ...