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flag Two armed men stole eight Matisse engravings and five Portinari works from São Paulo’s Mario de Andrade Library.

flag Eight engravings by Henri Matisse and five works by Brazilian artist Candido Portinari were stolen in a daytime armed robbery at São Paulo’s Mario de Andrade Library on December 7, 2025. flag Two armed men held up a security guard and an elderly visitor, entered a glass dome housing the art, and fled with the pieces from the exhibition “From the Book to the Museum.” The stolen works included rare Matisse engravings from his 1947 book "Jazz." flag Authorities are investigating using security footage, but no arrests have been made. flag The incident follows a high-profile theft at the Louvre in Paris earlier in the year. flag The artwork’s value remains undisclosed.

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