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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Candido Portinari

Candido Portinari stories: 2 news summaries

Brazilian Cops Recover
Stolen Picasso

Blue Period painting taken from Sao Paulo museum last month

Jan 9, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Police in Brazil have recovered a Picasso painting stolen from a Sao Paulo museum last month and arrested two suspects yesterday. The Picasso, Portrait of Suzanne Bloch, and a painting by Brazilian Candido Portinari are valued at a combined $55 million. The thieves broke into the museum using a hydraulic... More »

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Brazil • painting • Candido Portinari • Pablo Picasso • Portrait of Suzanne Bloch • Sao Paulo Museum of Art • Mauricio Freire • Julio Neves • art heist

Thieves Nab
a Picasso in Museum Heist

Work by Portinari also missing after quick strike in Brazil

Dec 21, 07 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Thieves broke into Latin America's foremost museum early yesterday and stole two paintings in a 3-minute heist. They made off with a Picasso portrait and a work by Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Brazil's São Paulo Museum of Art, the AP reports. The thieves skipped several major works and... More »

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art • theft • Brazil • painting • Sao Paulo • Picasso • Candido Portinari • art heist

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