Renoir museum: Four paintings worth millions stolen in French heist - BBC News

It is the latest in a string of high-profile art thefts in Europe that has again put the security of museums and galleries in the spotlight.

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What we know about the Renoir museum heist

Four paintings by the impressionist artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir have been stolen from a museum in the south of France.

Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer on Tuesday morning but dropped two of the paintings in the institution's garden as they made their escape, local Mayor Bryan Masson said.

"Attacking the Renoir Museum is attacking a part of the history and heritage of Cagnes-sur-Mer," he said.