Source: BBC News [UK state media]
“Two armed men have stolen eight engravings by French artist Matisse and at least another five by Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari from a library in São Paulo. 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. … 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. … Bibilioteca Mário de Andrade is the country’s second largest library and officials say that its building in the centre of São Paulo had cameras with facial recognition technology. The mayor of São Paulo told local media the thieves had already been identified but so far they remain on the run.” (12/08/25)