Three Masterpieces Stolen in a 3-Minute Heist at Parma's Magnani Rocca
Paintings by Renoir (Les Poissons, 1917), Cezanne (Tasse et plat de cerises, 1890), and Matisse (Odalisque sur la terrasse, 1922) were stolen from the Magnani Rocca Foundation near Parma, Italy in a three-minute raid overnight March 22–23; four hooded thieves forced a first-floor door, alarms sounded as they fled through the museum’s garden; the theft is described as planned and organized, with no arrests yet; the foundation’s works are globally loaned and the Carabinieri art squad are investigating.