Sao Paulo, Aug 15, 2026 (AFP) - Stolen Matisse works tied to infamous art thief in Brazil

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Phone logs of a notorious art and rare-book thief in Brazil proved to be the key for police to recover eight stolen engravings by famed French painter Henri Matisse, after they were pilfered from a library exhibition in Sao Paulo last December. The pieces from Matisse's limited-edition 1947 art book "Jazz," valued at around $200,000, were found at a home in the town of Sao Bernardo do Campo. Brazilian authorities accused 53-year-old Laessio Rodri......

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