Overview
- Two armed men robbed the Mario de Andrade Library during a daytime exhibition, holding up a security guard and visitors.
- Authorities confirmed 13 works were stolen, including eight engravings by Henri Matisse and five pieces by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari.
- The suspects remain at large and were last seen heading toward the Anhangabaú subway station, according to officials.
- The stolen pieces were part of the exhibition "From the Book to the Museum," a collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo that was scheduled to end Sunday.
- Officials have not disclosed the artworks’ value, and local reporting says the haul included collages from Matisse’s 1947 book Jazz.