Damage caused by the art heist at AnArte Gallery Monday morning. Credit: Instagram / AnArte Gallery

Two paintings valued at a total of $40,000 were stolen from an art gallery near Alamo Heights early Monday morning, and the business was also vandalized, the Express-News reports.

Security footage from around 4:30 a.m. captured a black pickup truck pulling up to AnArte Gallery, located north of Alamo Heights on Broadway, the daily reports. A man in a hoodie was shown exited the vehicle,

The incident was the second time the gallery has been targeted this month, according to the Express-News. On May 6, someone smashed a window at AnArte, and surveillance footage captured a similar-looking  truck outside of gallery at around 2 a.m.

The two stolen paintings, titled Mariposa and Indigenous Man — After Edwards Curtis, are by San Antonio advertising executive-turned-portrait artist Lionel Sosa. It was Sosa’s first solo exhibit, the Express-News reports.

Stay on top of San Antonio news and views. Sign up for our Weekly Headlines Newsletter.

Related Stories

This article appears in May 18-31, 2022.

Michael Karlis is a multimedia journalist at the San Antonio Current, whose coverage in print and on social media focuses on local and state politics. He is a graduate of American University in Washington,...