Two thieves broke into the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, southern France, on 8 September 2026 and stole four artworks worth €9–10 million (reports vary), dropping one as they fled. The heist comes nearly a year after the brazen Louvre theft and marks another high-profile art theft targeting a museum dedicated to French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France, stealing "four works of art", one of which they dropped as they fled, a mayor said.
Two thieves broke into a museum dedicated to French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in southern France on Tuesday, stealing “four works of art”, one of which they dropped as they fled, a mayor said. “This morning, two individuals broke into the Renoir Museum and stole four works of art,” said Bryan Masson, the far-right mayor of the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer. “Spotted thanks to the town’s
Police in southern France are searching for two theives who stole "four works of art" from a museum dedicated to French impressionist Auguste Renoir, dropping one as they fled.
Authorities in France are seeking two thieves who broke into a museum with the works of Renoir and stole "four works of art" but dropped one as they got away, the local mayor said.
Two thieves on Tuesday broke into the Renoir Museum in the town of Cagnes-sur-Mer in southern France and stole "four works of art", dropping one as they fled, according to the local mayor. Officials estimated the value of the stolen works at 9 million euros.
A search is under way for the thieves who stole several paintings from a museum dedicated to the French Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir in the south of France in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Almost a year after the brazen Louvre heist, thieves targeted a museum that was formerly the artist’s home in the south of France.