Matisse on Russian Art Site

BBC News reports that Matisse's 'Luxembourg Gardens' - one of the paintings stolen from a Brazilian art museum - was put up for sale on a Russian internet auction site for thirteen million dollars. Investigating officer Deuller Rocha, noting that Interpol had joined in the widening search, said that "given the characteristics of the crime, the way the thieves acted, it may be a contract job done for an international crime ring." The Chacara do Ceu museum has put up a reward of $5,000 for the safe return of the art, which experts claim may be worth as much as 50 million dollars. Irish Art