Stolen Spring Barbata explored her passion for

Barbata explored her passion for fabrics and textiles

and from the resilient Bronx to the mystical kung fu hip-hop mecca of Staten Island

she was also as a poet and author

Louis Kronberg

This gold choker necklace featuring four handmade tassels comes from the Brooklyn

Stolen Spring Barbata explored her passion forFor the first time, the Gardner Museum has authorized a book on the daring theft from the Museum of 13 priceless works of art, including 3 Rembrandts and Vermeers The Concert, together worth over $500 million. In 1903, Isabella Stewart Gardner opened her extraordinary museum, modeled after a Venetian palazzo, for the "enjoyment and education of the public forever." She had amassed an impressive collection including some of the finest masterpieces by