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NPR (Willem Marx) - A good – and bad – week for Italy's art police and museum security Sun Aug 16 16:27:54 2026

On Friday, Italian police said they'd recovered three paintings stolen from a museum near the city of Parma. By Saturday night, thieves in Sicily had made off with four more masterpieces.

AI:Italian authorities have experienced a volatile week regarding high-value art security, successfully recovering three stolen paintings from a museum near Parma while simultaneously facing new thefts in Sicily where thieves made off with four additional masterpieces.Open

NYTIMES (Elisabetta Povoledo) - Stolen Cézanne, Renoir and Matisse Works Are Recovered, Police Say Fri Aug 14 15:21:03 2026

The Italian military police said that art collectively valued at more than $10 million had been found five months after being taken in a nighttime heist near Parma.

NPR (The Associated Press) - Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from a private museum in Italy Tue Mar 31 04:57:02 2026

Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy.

NYTIMES (Ali Watkins and Josephine de La Bruyère) - Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse Paintings Are Stolen in 3-Minute Museum Heist, Police Say Mon Mar 30 15:49:45 2026

Thieves broke into the Magnani-Rocca Foundation outside Parma, Italy, officials said, and made off with paintings worth millions.

ABCNEWS - Thieves steal paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse from Italian private museum Mon Mar 30 10:30:03 2026

Thieves have stolen three famous paintings from a private museum near Parma