Brazil stolen paintings found
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A Picasso is among two paintings recovered by police in Sao Paulo after being stolen in December.
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State police in Brazil have recovered two paintings, above, including a Picasso valued at $50 million, that were stolen last month in a predawn break-in at the SÃ£o Paulo Museum of Art, Reuters reported. The museumâs president, Julio Neves, said Picassoâs âPortrait of Suzanne Blochâ and the Brazilian artist Candido Portinariâs âCoffee Worker,â valued at $5 million, were in perfect condition when found at a house on the cityâs outskirts. The police arrested one suspect, Francisco Laerton Lopes de Lima, on Dec. 27, and his capture led them to Robson de Jesus Jordao, who was arrested on Tuesday. Police Chief Mauricio Freire said the two men had long criminal records, including participation in previous robbery attempts at the museum. Mr. Neves said both paintings would be on view in their previous locations when the museum opens on Friday.
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A painting by surrealist artist Rene Magritte - valued at Â£350,000 - is recovered after being stolen.
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Armed robbers have stolen art worth $100 million, including works by Monet and van Gogh, from a Zurich museum, police said Monday.
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Two of the four paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art thefts have been recovered in an abandoned car
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PARIS, Feb. 19 -- Two masterworks that were stolen from a Zurich art museum last week were found in good condition Monday in an unlocked car parked outside a nearby psychiatric hospital, Swiss police said Tuesday. Two other paintings are still missing, they said.
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Several paintings by some of the most celebrated European artists have been stolen from a Zurich gallery.
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An Italian Renaissance painting stolen a year ago in Cyprus, possibly a Titian, has been recovered in Bulgaria in a police raid, media reported.
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The FBI said Monday that it has recovered a 1778 painting by the Spanish artist Francisco de Goya that was stolen as it was being taken to an exhibition earlier this month.
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An Andy Warhol painting that a man tried to consign to Christieâs auction house turned out to be listed as stolen.
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Police recovered two paintings they believe are the Edvard Munch masterpieces "The Scream" and "Madonna," two years after masked gunmen seized the priceless artworks from an Oslo museum in a bold, daylight ...
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An $8 million painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat has been located in a Manhattan warehouse after apparently being smuggled out of Brazil, federal prosecutors said.
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Thieves stole two oil paintings by Pablo Picasso and Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Sao Paulo's leading art museum on Thursday, a museum spokeswoman said.
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A painting from Cuba offers a glimpse into the world of art smuggling.
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Masked robbers brandishing handguns stole four paintings by 19th Century masters in Switzerlandâs biggest art theft, police said on Monday.
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Swiss police said on Tuesday they had found two stolen paintings -- one Monet and a van Gogh -- of the four that were stolen last week from a gallery in Zurich.
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Thieves broke into the Sao Paulo Museum of Art and made off with paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari in a brazen heist Thursday morning that lasted just three minutes as recorded by security cameras.