Works stolen in 1990 from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum recovered...virtually

In 1990, theIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston was the victim of a theft: as many as 13 works of art with a total value of $500 million were stolen from the museum and, to this day, have not been found. This was the largest art theft in history.

Today, 28 years after the misdeed, it is possible to admire the stolen works again thanks to the “Hacking the Heist” app, which, by taking advantage of augmented reality, allows people to see the paintings in their place on the screen of their smart device by pointing the camera lens at the frames left blank from that crime. This is all thanks to Apple’s ARKit developer platform, which was used to create the project.

Unfortunately, the app is still in the experimental stage, so at the moment it is only possible to see two of Rembrandt ’s works namely “Lady and Gentleman in Black” and “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee,” but the museum and programmers of the app are working hard to be able to make the other paintings visible as well.

Works stolen in 1990 from Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum recovered...virtually

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