Crime & Justice
Two Renoir paintings missing after French museum heist
September 9, 2026 at 07:35 AM
Coverage
6 reports · 1 in Arabic, 5 in English · over 8 hours
BNBBC News
Renoir paintings theft 'shows museums should rethink security'
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TGThe Guardian
Artworks stolen from Renoir Museum on French Riviera in latest heist
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TGThe Guardian
A constipated baby and a kid that looks like Boris Johnson: why would anyone bother stealing a Renoir?
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BNBBC News
Renoir paintings worth millions stolen in French museum heist
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What we know about the Renoir museum heist
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"عملية الريفيرا".. لصوص يسرقون 4 لوحات من متحف فرنسي
(opens the publisher’s site)Thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, taking four works but abandoning two; the two missing are valued at €9m each.
- Two thieves cut through the museum's garden fence early on Tuesday, triggering an alarm at 05:48 local time; police arrived within five minutes.
- The pair fled with four paintings but dropped two in the grounds — Portrait of Madame Pichon and Coco Reading were recovered, while Young Woman at the Well and Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano remain missing.
- Mayor Bryan Masson said the thieves were "well equipped and well informed" and described the incident as "a warning about the protection of our museums" facing a new form of organised crime.
- The incident follows last October's Louvre crown-jewellery theft and last month's theft of Renaissance paintings from a museum in Sicily.