The Gardner Heist Quotes

“In fact, if a museum were filled with all of the world's stolen artworks, it would be the most impressive collection ever created. It would have far more Baroque sculptures, much better Surrealist paintings, and the best Greek antiquities of any known institution. A gallery of stolen art would make the Louvre seem like a small-town gallery in comparison. Experts call it the Lost Museum.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

“would ever steal again. He was sixty-four years old and eligible”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

“Stendhal’s Syndrome, where extensive exposure to Old Master paintings can cause dizziness, confusion, and hallucinations. Graziella Magherini, the head of psychiatry at Santa Maria Nuova Hospital in Florence, Italy, identified the syndrome in 1989 and has devoted much of her life to curing it. In addition to intensive therapy, she prescribes tranquilizers, bed rest—and time away from art.”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft

“Art’s inspiration can be raw and painful. It can be a sort of sickness. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art once had to remove a sculpture by Ed Kienholz because visitors would vomit when they saw the work. Philosopher Richard Wollheim made three trips to Germany to view the Isenheim Altarpiece, Matthias Grünewald’s sixteenth-century masterwork, but each time he looked at the canvas, he found it unbearable”
― Ulrich Boser, The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World's Largest Unsolved Art Theft