Where are the Gardner Rembrandts and Who Took Them?
These are the questions that people have been asking for almost 35 years.
Art theft and security expert, author Anthony Amore has written several books on the topic and will be speaking at the Club on Wednesday, September 25th at 6:30PM with a Q&A to follow.
If you’d like a signed copy of one of his books, all can be purchased in advance on Amazon – and then bring it (or them) with you.
Member’s Bar vs. Hamlen Room will be determined by number of attendees – so if you are planning to join us, please RSVP to janice@tandr.org by Friday, September 20th so we can set up accordingly.
A topic of endless fascination for many, this should prove to be an entertaining event – and we hope to see you then!
Anthony Amore Bio
(partially from the placard above):
Anthony Amore is an art theft expert, investigator, and security practitioner. Presently, he is Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, where he is charged with the ongoing efforts to recover thirteen works of art stolen from the museum on March 18, 1990.
Anthony was instrumental in the efforts of the then newly formed Transportation Security Administration post-September 11th at Logan International Airport and was the FAA’s lead security agent responding to the attempted terrorist attack by Richard Reid, the so-called “Shoe Bomber” in December 2001. While with the Department of Homeland Security/TSA, he was nominated by his superiors for a Service to America Medal in 2002 and 2003.
In 2011, he co-authored the Wall Street Journal true-crime bestseller Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists. His second book, The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds and Forgeries in the Art World was published in 2015 and was a New York Times Crime Bestseller.
In November 2020, his third book, The Woman Who Stole Vermeer: The True Story of Rose Dugdale and the Russborough House Heist was published by Pegasus in the US, UK, and Ireland and received praise from the New York Times, the New York Review of Books and the Washington Post. In addition, he provides analysis on issues related to security and terrorism for a number local and national news outlets, including the BBC, NBC, NPR, CNN, FOX, and others.