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The gold frame idea was proposed in a collaborative essay submitted by Julian Hynes, an 11th grader at Amherst-Pelham Regional High School, and Ja’liyah Santiago and Adniley Velez, 8th graders ...
In 1990 thieves disguised as police stole 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Their empty frames have been restored and remain as stark reminders of the unsolved art heist.
Two, empty gold frames hang next to larger text: “The Return of Taos Treasures.” Only upon closer examination is a small plaque inside the frame visible. It reads, ...
The empty frames have stayed on the walls. The museum was once Gardner’s home and she wanted to ensure that her expansive art collection was displayed in the same manner she had arranged it.
Gardner Museum marks 35th anniversary of infamous heist with restored — and empty — frames Conservators unveiled the completed restoration of the frame that once held Rembrandt’s ‘Christ ...
In 2021, a Danish artist gave empty frames to a museum that paid 532,000 kroner for his art. On Monday, a Copenhagen court ordered him to return the amount to the museum, the Guardian reported.
An empty picture frame by Danish artist Jens Haaning titled "Take the Money and Run", hangs at the Kunsten museum in Aalborg, on Sept. 28, 2021. Haaning, ...