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Bordercore: Why Frames Became the New Frontier in Contemporary Art
Contemporary artists are reclaiming picture frames and transforming them into sites of storytelling, history, and embodied ...
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 35 years after the theft, restores frames: ‘We’re always hopeful for their return’
If the stolen artwork ever returns to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, restored frames will be ready for them. Ahead of the 35th anniversary of the infamous theft in the hours after St. Patrick’s ...
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Why the walls of Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum contain empty frames
It's how Isabella Stewart Gardner wanted it, which means even though two men stole 13 works of art from her museum 35 years ago, all that can remain are the frames. "If I do my work correctly ...
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Empty restored frames highlight Gardner Museum heist 35 years later
The plate with Rembrandt’s name on the empty frame of “Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee” marking the anniversary of the Gardner Museum theft 35 years ago on March 18, 1990.
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Gardner Museum marks 35th anniversary of infamous heist with restored — and empty — frames
In the meantime, the museum has invited artist Skooby Laposky to help mark the anniversary with a sound activation based on Rembrandt’s “Storm.” The piece references the empty frame with bra ...