Anthony Amore, director of security at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, and an art crime expert will lecture at Barrington Public Library on Tuesday, May 6 at 7 PM in the library auditorium.
Protecting cultural property is a never-ending job for any art museum. But despite advanced security technologies, thieves are still able to slip past security and steal precious and highly valuable pieces.
What drives a thief to steal a piece of artwork right off the museum wall, often in broad daylight? What really happens to the artwork after it’s stolen?
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Amore will lecture about the world’s most significant art crimes, including the unsolved Gardner museum heist in 1990, when two thieves disguised as policemen, stole 13 pieces of artwork, valued at $500 million. Amore has been leading the efforts to track down the missing artwork since joining the museum in 2005. He also co-authored the book Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Story of Notorious Art Heists . A question and answer session will be available after the lecture. Signed copies of Amore's book will also be for sale.
Free and open to all. Sponsored by Friends of Barrington Public Library.
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Barrington Public Library is located at 281 County Road, Barrington, RI. Visit on the web at www.barringtonlibrary.org or call 401-247-1920 or find on Facebook.