US EditionMillions in Paintings Stolen in Dramatic 3-Minute Art Heist in Italy
The foundation says it is cooperating with cultural heritage police as the museum stays open and the works remain missing.
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Paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cézanne and Henri Matisse were stolen from a museum in northern Italy in a daring heist that lasted just three minutes, authorities said.
An Amateur Investigation Into The Magnani-Rocca Foundation Heist
Earlier this month, three paintings—a Renoir, a Matisse, and a Cézanne—were stolen in minutes, and the news didn’t break for almost a week. Vanity Fair Italy took a trip to Villa Magnani in Traversetolo for reconnaissance.
Fastest Art Heist in History?
Less than three minutes. That's the time it reportedly took thieves in northern Italy to walk off with a Cézanne, a Matisse, and a Renoir worth about $10 million altogether. And what have you done today?Just kidding. Maybe you were one of 8 million Americans who participated in last weekend's No Kings protests. Writer Bella Bromberg was at some of New York’s marches to talk to protesters and capture photos of the best signs. Meanwhile, a guerril…
It took very few minutes to take away paintings that are worth almost ten million euros in all
Three-minute heist nets works by Matisse, Renoir and Cézanne
Henri Matisse, Odalisque on the Terrace, 1922 Art thieves in Italy have made off with an estimated £7.8 million worth of art, stealing paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse. The theft occurred on the 22 March – though details only came to light at the weekend – when four masked men entered the Magnani Rocca Foundation villa in the countryside surrounding Parma. Tripping the alarm in the French Impressionism gallery, they nonetheless made off …
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