3 works of art stolen from France's Renoir Museum, local mayor says

Authorities in France are seeking two thieves who broke into a museum with paintings by famed French impressionist Auguste Renoir, among other works, and stole "four works of art" early on Tuesday but dropped one as they got away, the local mayor said. "Spotted thanks to the town's video surveillance cameras, the two individuals fled, abandoning one of the stolen paintings as they ran," said Bryan Masson, mayor of the French Riviera town of Cagnes-sur-Mer. He didn't say which works of art were swiped.French media put the value of the stolen items at an estimated 9 million euros ($10.5 million), according to CBS News partner network BBC News, but it wasn't clear whether that included all four items initially taken or the three the thieves wound up with.In a statement on his Facebook page, Masson said the museum's alarm was set off at 5:48 a.m. and police were on the scene five minutes later. A police officer stands in front of the entrance of the Musee Renoir after three paintings were stolen from the museum in an early-morning break-in, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on Sept. 8, 2026. Valery HACHE / AFP via Getty Images "Since this morning, both the municipal and national police have b...