Vanessa Buschschlüter
(BBC)- Two armed men have stolen eight engravings by French artist Matisse and at least another five by Brazilian painter Cândido Portinari from a library in São Paulo.
Brazilian officials say the thieves held up a security guard and an elderly couple who were visiting the library before making off with the artworks on foot.
They reportedly entered the library by the main entrance at 10:00 (13:00 GMT) on Sunday, and left by the same route, heading towards the nearest metro station.
The heist comes less than two months after the art world was rocked by a brazen break-in at the Louvre museum in Paris, where thieves made off with priceless jewels.
The engravings stolen from Biblioteca Mário de Andrade on Sunday formed part of a joint exhibition with the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art.
The thieves targeted the exhibition, entitled From Book to Museum, on its final day.
