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STOLEN - 2005; Rebecca Dreyfus - DVD; 85 Min.

This documentary is a thorough exploration of the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner museum art theft, and the fascinating, disparate characters involved: from the 19th century Grand dame Isabella Gardner to a modern day private detective obsessed with finding the art, to a terrorist organization with a penchant for stealing Vermeers. It brings the audience on a journey to understand not just this unusual crime but also the nature of beauty itself - it's fragility and it's power.


Art History
Art
Art Theft
Vermeer