Overview
- Two armed men overpowered a security guard and an elderly couple at the Mário de Andrade Library on the exhibition’s final day, then fled on foot toward the Anhangabaú metro area.
- Authorities say 13 works were taken, including eight engravings by Henri Matisse and five by Brazilian modernist Cândido Portinari.
- Officials report one suspect was identified through security-camera analysis and arrested on Monday, while a second suspect remains at large.
- Investigators located the robbers’ escape vehicle and sent it for forensic analysis, and surveillance footage has been turned over to police.
- Local media aired video showing a suspect carrying artworks in broad daylight; the show was insured, Interpol has been alerted, and reports indicate the Matisse pieces likely came from the artist’s 1947 book Jazz.