US EditionBrazilian police apprehend one of two suspects who stole Matisse artworks in a daylight heist
Thieves stole 13 engravings by Henri Matisse and Candido Portinari from a high-profile exhibition; one suspect arrested using facial recognition, artworks remain missing.
- Police announced Monday that one suspect was arrested after 13 artworks, including eight by Henri Matisse and five by Candido Portinari, were stolen on Sunday from the Mário de Andrade Public Library in downtown São Paulo.
- The exhibit, organized with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, featured rare 1947 cut-paper collages from Henri Matisse's limited-edition book Jazz, of which only 300 copies exist.
- Investigators used São Paulo surveillance system and forensic analysis of the getaway car to trace two armed thieves who held up a security guard and an elderly couple, removing engravings from a glass dome.
- The break-in has renewed scrutiny of museum and library security, authorities have not disclosed the titles or value of stolen Matisse pieces, and São Paulo city hall said five Portinari engravings were from `Menino de Engenho`.
- Coming nearly two months after the Paris heist, Matisse works command high prices, including a record sale of $80800K and around 60 drawings sold for more than $2500K, highlighting wider risks.
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Suspects haul stolen Matisse artworks through Sao Paulo
CCTV footage shows the moment suspected thieves hauled stolen Matisse artworks through the streets of Sao Paulo. On Sunday (7 December), at least 13 pieces of art — eight by Matisse and five by Portinari — were taken from the Mário de Andrade Library. The government said security footage showed two men carrying the artworks to a car parked nearby. Police said one suspect was arrested and a second is still being sought. Sao Paolo officials are wo…
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Brazilian police apprehend one of two suspects who stole Matisse artworks in a daylight heist
Brazilian police say that one of the two suspects behind a brazen daylight robbery over the weekend in Sao Paulo remained at large following a heist that included eight works by French artist Henri Matisse.
One of the two men who broke into the Mário de Andrade Municipal Library in São Paulo on Sunday has been arrested. The two stole eight engravings by French painter Henri Matisse and five works by Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari during an armed robbery in which they overpowered a guard and a couple. The second suspect is still at large.
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