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Friday 30 Jul 10
The heirs of Hungarian art collector Mór Lipót Herzog filed a lawsuit this week in Washington against the state of Hungary which, say the heirs, seized over 40 works of art worth more than $100m from the family collection at the end of the second world war. The Herzog family aims to recover major...
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Published online 28 Jul 10 (News)
But will the Austrian institution auction off another Nazi-looted work to pay for “Wally” settlement?
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Published online 28 Jul 10 (News)
“Art spies” said to be on look out for non-approved events
From issue 215, July-August 2010.
Published online 28 Jul 10 (News)
Aurora Fine Art Fund claims it has conclusive evidence that £1.69m work is not by Boris Kustodiev
From issue 215, July-August 2010.
Published online 27 Jul 10 (market)
No dispute with Luhring Augustine
From issue 215, July-August 2010.
Published online 27 Jul 10 (market)
Contemporary artists create site-specific pieces alongside historical works
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Published online 27 Jul 10 (News)
Some critics say exhibition of cross imagery caters to non-Jewish audience
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Published online 26 Jul 10 (News)
The UK's Government Art Collection has suffered the misfortune to have had one of its works stolen or lost in the Royal Courts of Justice, in London's Strand. In response to a Parliamentary Question this month, tourism and heritage minister John Penrose admitted that the work had been on loan there and was recorded missing during an inventory check on 10 April. It was an engraving of Henry Powle (1630-92), Master of the Rolls, based on a portrait by Godfrey Kneller. The framed print was valued>>>at just £100. Although very modest in artistic terms, one might have expected it to have been safe in the high-security Royal Courts of Justice, the country's Supreme Court...<<<
Robert Hewison: In an era of austerity, reasons to fund the arts
Contrary to recent French press reports that former minister Xavier Darcos was set to be appointed... >>>
Miguel López Remiro, associate director of curatorial and research at the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum,... >>>
In Australia, Nick Mitzevich is leaving the University of Queensland Art Museum in Brisbane to... >>>
The Warburg Institute is fighting for its life
A “subversive Disneyland” at the end of the world
Christie’s sued over “fake” painting sale
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