About The Talk: Enter into a spellbinding journey into the high-stakes world of art theft. Today, art theft is one of the most profitable criminal enterprises in the world, exceeding $6 billion in losses to galleries and art collectors annually. In this presentation, based on his book Stealing Rembrandts, art security expert Anthony M. Amore reveal the actors behind the major Rembrandt heists in the last century. Through thefts around the world – from Stockholm to Boston, Worcester to Ohio – Amore will retell the daring entries and escapes from the world’s most renowned museums.
About The Speaker: Anthony Amore, author of Stealing Rembrandts: The Untold Stories of Notorious Art Heists, is the head of security and chief investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. He has been described in the book “Art & Crime” as “among the most innovative, and most effective, museum security directors in the world.” He also heads the museum’s own investigation into the infamous theft of 13 priceless works of art from the Gardner – the largest property theft in world history. Prior to joining the Gardner Museum, Anthony was an assistant director with the Transportation Security Administration where he helped to rebuild security at Logan Airport after the tragic events of 9/11. He is also a former special agent with the Federal Aviation Administration, where he was the lead agent responding to the Richard Reid “shoebomber” attack. He serves as trustee of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art and lectures widely on art crime. He is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post.
