https://freerepublic.com/tag/cagnessurmer/ en-us Wed, 9 Sep 2026 14:35:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4394823/posts Two 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 early on Tuesday, seizing four paintings but dropping two of the works in the museum gardens as they escaped, local Mayor Bryan Masson said. The paintings, worth €9m (£7.7m; $10.4m), are the latest high-profile pieces to have been stolen in a string of recent heists in Europe which have thrust the security of art in galleries and museums into the spotlight. One of the most high-profile was in October last year, when... BBC https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4394823/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2026 14:35:46 GMT