BOSTON, MA.- Research conducted by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), about the provenance, or history of ownership, of its painting Portrait of a Man and Woman in an Interior (1665–67) by Dutch artist Eglon van der Neer (1634–1703), has …
Taschen Opens "Shop-in-Shop" at the Art Institute’s Museum Shop
CHICAGO, IL.- The Art Institute of Chicago and TASCHEN are pleased to announce a new landmark arrangement between the country’s second-largest art museum and the publisher of best-selling art books. The Museum Shop of the Art Institute has recently ope…
Sotheby’s to Sell Significant and Defining Collection of German Art of the 60s and 70s
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announces that it will offer for sale The Duerckheim Collection, a collection of the most significant and defining German Art of the 1960s and 1970s ever to come to market, in the forthcoming Contemporary Art Auction Series in J…
Sotheby’s to Sell Significant and Defining Collection of German Art of the 60s and 70s
LONDON.- Sotheby’s announces that it will offer for sale The Duerckheim Collection, a collection of the most significant and defining German Art of the 1960s and 1970s ever to come to market, in the forthcoming Contemporary Art Auction Series in J…
Exhibition on Pioneer of Modern German Art ~ Max Liebermann in Bonn
BONN.- In cooperation with the Hamburg Kunsthalle, the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany is showing a comprehensive retrospective on Max Liebermann (1847–1935). Max Liebermann plays an outstanding role in the history…
Comprehensive Exhibition on Pioneer of Modern German Art, Max Liebermann, Opens
BONN.- In cooperation with the Hamburg Kunsthalle, the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany is showing a comprehensive retrospective on Max Liebermann (1847–1935). Max Liebermann plays an outstanding role in the history of ar…
Exhibition at Musee du Luxembourg in Paris Spotlights German Master Lucas Cranach
PARIS (AP).- Like an enterprising Andy Warhol of the 16th century, German Renaissance master Lucas Cranach the Elder produced multiple paintings of the same subject, churning out strikingly similar versions of his trademark soft-edged nudes and angel-…
Court Denies Heirs’ Claims Over Stolen World War II Art
NASHVILLE (AP).- A federal appeals court has dismissed claims against the German government by heirs of an art dealer whose collection was seized by the Nazis and sold at auction during World War II. Fred Westfield, a retired Nashville professor, fil…
Israel Museum Restitutes Drawing by Paul Klee to Estate of Pre-World War II Owner
NEW YORK, NY.- The Israel Museum announced today the restitution of the Paul Klee drawing Veil Dance, 1920, to the estate of German art collector Harry Fuld Jr. Fuld owned the work from 1932 until 1941, when it was confiscated in war-time Germany. The …
Israel Museum Restitutes Drawing by Paul Klee to Estate of Pre-World War II Owner
NEW YORK, NY.- The Israel Museum announced today the restitution of the Paul Klee drawing Veil Dance, 1920, to the estate of German art collector Harry Fuld Jr. Fuld owned the work from 1932 until 1941, when it was confiscated in war-time Germany. The …