Art Stolen From SÃ£o Paulo Museum Is Retrieved
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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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Police recovered the Edvard Munch masterpieces 'The Scream' and 'Madonna' on Thursday, two years after masked gunmen grabbed the national art treasures in front of stunned visitors at an Oslo museum.
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Brazil police recovered the paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari that were stolen last month from Brazil's premier modern art museum, officials said Tuesday.
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Armed robbers stole paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth $163.2 million from a Zurich museum, police said Monday, calling it a "spectacular art robbery"
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An art collection worth more than 4 million that was thought to have been lost more than 50 years ago has been discovered by chance as museum staff struggled to save paintings from a flood.
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A Eugene Delacroix drawing of one of his own paintings that hangs in the Louvre Museum has been returned to a Milwaukee gallery nearly two years after it was stolen.
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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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Two Pablo Picasso paintings worth millions of Euros  are stolen from an exhibition in Switzerland.
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For the second time in 10 years a version of one of the most famous paintings in the world -- &quot;The Scream&quot; by Edvard Munch -- has been stolen from an art gallery in Oslo.
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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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Paintings stolen in one of the world's largest art robberies discovered in a Zurich hospital car park
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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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A painting stolen more than 20 years ago was found lying in trash along a street, and now it could fetch up to $1 million at an auction.
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OSLO, Norway  - "The Scream" and another stolen   masterpiece by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch were recovered by   police on Thursday, two years and nine days after gunmen seized   the paintings from an Oslo museum.
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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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Armed robbers stole masterpieces by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch from a museum in Oslo on Sunday and national radio said a version of "The Scream" was part of the haul.
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Two Picasso paintings worth millions of pounds stolen from art gallery in Switzerland, police have revealed