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Gunmen stole works by Matisse and Portinari from Brazilian library in brazen daytime heist

The 13 works, stolen from the Mário de Andrade Library, were part of a show organised in collaboration with the Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo

Gabriella Angeleti
8 December 2025
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Installation view of Do livro ao museu at the Biblioteca Mário de Andrade, showing works from Henri Matisse's 1947 book Jazz that were stolen in a robbery on 7 December Photo by Ding Musa