Two armed men stole more than a dozen works of art, including some by Henri Matisse, on Sunday from a library in São Paulo, the latest robbery to rock the art world since the theft of jewels from the Louvre in October.

At least eight works by Matisse were taken from the Mário de Andrade Library during viewing hours of an exhibition that was set to close Sunday, according to a spokesperson at the Brazilian Embassy in Seoul, South Korea. Five works by Brazilian modernist painter Candido Portinari were also stolen, the domestic news media reported.

It was not immediately clear early Monday which pieces had been stolen or whether authorities had apprehended the suspects.

The library had been hosting a joint exhibition with the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo called "From book to museum" s

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