{"id":215977,"date":"2025-12-08T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/?p=215977"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:42:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T13:42:47","slug":"8-matisse-works-stolen-in-sao-paulo-library-heist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/215977\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Matisse works stolen in S\u00e3o Paulo library heist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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, the BBC<\/a> writes.<\/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 toward 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

Bibilioteca Mário de Andrade is the country’s second largest library and officials say that its building in the center of São Paulo had cameras with facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n

Matisse is widely considered to be one of the 20th Century’s most influential artists and art critics say the value of the stolen works is “incalculable”.<\/p>\n

Portinari, who often painted rural workers and laborers, is one of the most significant Brazilian Modernist artists.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"