Art galleries dealing with rising theft

Authoriries are still searching for the thieves who stole valuable paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir from a small museum on the French Riviera.

The thieves entered and exited the Renoir Museum through the garden, originally taking four artworks then abandoned two of them as they fled.

The other two paintings, “Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano” and “Young Woman at the Well”, have not been discovered.

Art theft expert James Ratcliffe from the Art Loss Register said smaller museums can be vulnerable to theft because they are harder to secure and are part of a growing pattern of art theft across European galleries.

Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/fine-art-thieves-nab-two-priceless-renoir-paintings-from-french-museum/rhrk339pm

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