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The São Paulo Museum of Art Theft

Thieves used a car jack and crowbar to break into MASP before dawn in 2007 and took Picasso's 'Portrait of Suzanne Bloch' and Portinari's 'O Lavrador de Café'. Both were recovered months later.

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São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP)

Brazil's iconic elevated museum, from which a Picasso and a Portinari were stolen in a swift 2007 heist.

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