Austria
Pull up a pew: vast volume surveys church cabinetmaking in 17th- and 18th-century Austria
Illuminating historical overviews and a mass of documentary research covers an under-studied subject
From the archives: take a look at six of the best front pages published by The Art Newspaper
Stop the press!
Plant from Las Vegas gunman’s garden is at the centre of anti-gun exhibition in New York
The Austrian artist Martin Roth says the aim is to create a space to discuss violence in the US and help visitors, including school children, take action
Vienna museum director calls for time limit on Nazi-loot restitution claims
But critics say the focus should be on how provenance research can be carried out efficiently and rapidly
Leonard Lauder’s Klimt landscape belongs to me, says heir of Nazi victim
Georges Jorisch is represented by Randol Schoenberg, the lawyer who last year won his eight-year case against Austria for the return of five Klimts to California resident Maria Altman
Nazi war loot held in Austrian museums to be sold if unclaimed
The database of all art with questionable provenance is now online
Austria must return five Nazi-looted Klimt paintings to the heirs of the Jewish collector Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer
“Morally, this is a gain for Austria” not a loss, says Maria Altmann
Struggles continue over Klimt Nazi-loot lawsuit
Maria Altmann had urged an earlier trial date while in dispute with Austrian government
Austria aims to dismiss restitution bid: “If you want the Klimts come and claim them in Austria”
Maria Altmann is attempting to reclaim six Klimt paintings looted by the Nazis
A portrait, person by person, item by item, of a society wiped out
This important book gives a full documentation for the Jewish art collectors of Vienna whose goods and lives were targeted by the Nazis
Austria can be sued in the US over Nazi-loot case, Supreme Court says
The Justices rule six to three in favour of Maria Altmann. She can now pursue her case in American courts
Oral arguments begin in Supreme Court Klimt case
The Bush administration argues that Austria cannot be sued in a US court because it would interfere with foreign relations
Maria Altmann's Holocaust restitution case against Austria will be heard by the US Supreme Court
An American citizen is claiming six Klimts from the Nationalgalerie in Vienna alleged to have been seized from her uncle by the Nazis and then unlawfully retained by Austria after the war
Austrian court orders seizure of Nazi-looted Schiele
Heirs will have to sue for the painting, which is currently being held at Dorotheum
Austria’s 15th digital arts festival
This year’s 15th Ars Electronica, the Austrian digital arts competition, is as strong as ever, despite the fact that the digital revolution has been going through its first real crisis
Exhibition of the largest selection of Australian Aboriginal art to have been presented in Europe
Show demonstrates the aboriginal passion of an Austrian collector
Counsels of very grudging justice: Austrian government divided on restitution claims
The Austrian Parliament decided that full restitution should be made to victims of the Nazis and to those who had been coerced into giving works after 1945 to the museums - but the advisory council has twice taken its own, negative, line
New York Court of Appeals rules that Schiele paintings must be returned to Leopold Foundation
The paintings are claimed to have been stolen from their rightful owners during the Nazi annexation of Austria
Mahler-Werfel restitution case revived, and put on hold
The council on looted art has postponed its decision on whether to return five paintings in the Oesterreiches Galerie to the granddaughter of Alma Mahler-Werfel
Restitution round-up: France, Austria, Italy, and Germany
Recent developments in the restitution of looted artworks
Andy Warhol exhibition to open in Vienna
“Andy Warhol: A Factory”, Kunsthalle at Karlplatz, Vienna, 5 February-2 May
Liste 97 is a venue for 36 young galleries in the former Warteck brewery
The stands in this fair cost only SFr 4,000
Christie’s to auction unclaimed works of art confiscated from Austrian Jews by the Nazis
8,000 works stored for over forty years in the medieval monastery at Mauerbach
Austrian support for the Kurds leads to friction over archaeology
Austrian support for the Kurds leads to friction over archaeology
Austria to the aid of the Croatian heritage as war rages
Old historical ties revived as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, with government blessing, devises a conservation package
The Warburg Institute: A Personal Memoir
In 1933 Nazism, drove a band of original and profound scholars to settle in Britain. Out of these elements grew the world famous Institute, whose approach to the past has incomparably enriched the understanding of art. Will the 1990s see this living intellectual force stifled by British government meanness and philistinism?