{"id":105867,"date":"2025-12-08T11:21:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105867"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T11:21:29","slug":"thieves-snatch-eight-matisse-artworks-from-library-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=105867","title":{"rendered":"Thieves snatch eight Matisse artworks from library in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two armed men have stolen eight engravings by French artist Matisse and at least another five by Brazilian painter C\u00e2ndido Portinari from a library in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

Brazilian officials say the thieves held up a security guard and an elderly couple who were visiting the library before making off with the artworks on foot.<\/p>\n

They reportedly entered the library by the main entrance at 10:00 (13:00 GMT) on Sunday, and left by the same route, heading towards the nearest metro station.<\/p>\n

The heist comes less than two months after the art world was rocked by a brazen break-in at the Louvre museum in Paris, where thieves made off with priceless jewels.<\/p>\n

The engravings stolen from Biblioteca M\u00e1rio de Andrade on Sunday formed part of a joint exhibition with the S\u00e3o Paulo Museum of Modern Art.<\/p>\n

The thieves targeted the exhibition, entitled From Book to Museum, on its final day.<\/p>\n

Bibilioteca M\u00e1rio de Andrade is the country\u2019s second largest library and officials say that its building in the centre of S\u00e3o Paulo had cameras with facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n

The mayor of S\u00e3o Paulo told local media the thieves had already been identified but so far they remain on the run.<\/p>\n

Officials have not yet released a detailed list of the stolen works, but according to Folha de S\u00e3o Paulo newspaper, a collage Matisse made for the limited-edition art book Jazz is among those taken.<\/p>\n

Matisse is widely considered to be one of the 20th Century\u2019s most influential artists and art critics say the value of the stolen works is \u201cincalculable\u201d.<\/p>\n

The thieves also took at least five engravings by Portinari, created to illustrate a special edition of the novel Menino de engheno (Plantation Boy) by Brazilian writer Jos\u00e9 Lins do Rego.<\/p>\n

Portinari, who often painted rural workers and labourers, is one of the most significant Brazilian Modernist artists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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