Thieves stole two oil paintings by Pablo Picasso and Brazilian painter Candido Portinari from Sao Paulo's leading art museum today.
Picasso's 1904 work Portrait of Suzanne Blochand Portinari's 1939 The Coffee Workerwere among the Art Museum of Sao Paulo's most important exhibits.
The museum's collection is considered the most important in Latin America, featuring works from such European masters as Velazquez and Rubens through to modern artists such as Dali and Modigliani, as well as many Brazilians.