Vienna – A stolen Gustav Klimt painting worth £26m plus that was confiscated by the Nazis must be returned to the heirs of a Canadian Jewish family. It has been in the collection of a well known Austrian museum (the Museum of Modern Arts in Saltbu…
Maria Altmann, Who Recovered Gustav Klimt Paintings Looted from Her Family, Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Maria Altmann, a refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria who successfully fought to recover Gustav Klimt paintings looted from her Jewish family, has died. She was 94. Altmann died Monday at her home in the Cheviot Hills area of Los Ange…
Gratz Family Portraits Reunited at Philadelphia’s Rosenbach Museum & Library
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- The Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia announces the acquisition of two artistically and culturally significant portraits originally belonging to the Gratz Family, a prominent early American Jewish family who lived in Philade…
First N.Y. Exhibition of a Founder of Soviet Photo Reportage at Nailya Alexander Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery presents “Arkady Shaikhet: Selected Photographs 1920s-1930s,” the first New York exhibition of one of the founders of Soviet photo reportage. Shaikhet [pronounced shai-HET] was an innovator, who helped…
First New York Exhibition of One of the Founders of Soviet Photo Reportage at Nailya Alexander Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery presents “Arkady Shaikhet: Selected Photographs 1920s-1930s,” the first New York exhibition of one of the founders of Soviet photo reportage. Shaikhet [pronounced shai-HET] was an innovator, who helped…
First New York Exhibition of One of the Founders of Soviet Photo Reportage at Nailya Alexander Gallery
NEW YORK, NY.- Nailya Alexander Gallery presents “Arkady Shaikhet: Selected Photographs 1920s-1930s,” the first New York exhibition of one of the founders of Soviet photo reportage. Shaikhet [pronounced shai-HET] was an innovator, who helped…