Brazilian police have named a man they believe to be the mastermind behind the theft of several works by Matisse from Biblioteca M...

Brazilian police have named a man they believe to be the mastermind behind the theft of several works by Matisse from Biblioteca Mario de Andrade in São Paulo. In December last year, armed thieves burst into the downtown library and ripped thirteen works of art from cabinets and walls of a temporary exhibition, disabling steel cables used to secure them. Among the prints stolen were eight works by Matisse, which are part of the book Jazz (1947), and five illustrations by Candido Portinari made for the 1959 book Menino de Engenho by José Lins do Rego. Felipe dos Santos Fernandes Quadra and Gabriel Pereira Rodrigues de Mello are said to have brandished guns at a guard and an older couple just hours after the library opened on a Sunday morning. Pereira Rodrigues de Mello remains at large and the artworks have not been recovered. https://lnkd.in/em6tTs5d