Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
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The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation in Madrid and the Norton Simon Museum in California are pushing back against recent statutes related to Holocaust-era expropriation claims
The expansion will house more than 360 contemporary artworks donated or on loan from the TBA21 Collection, led by Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
Plus, UK culture cuts and Ukrainian Modernism in Madrid
New arrangement, to last 15 years, means key works by Gauguin, Monet and Picasso have been saved for the nation
Austrian patron donates work to Reina Sofia and commissions new piece by Ragnar Kjartansson to be shown at Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza
Move to make it easier for claimants to recover looted art is dividing the state
But it may not be legally possible to sue Spain in the US courts
Decision made after rejection by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid
The late collector Heini Thyssen forced himself to forget his family’s Nazi involvement, but so did the countries that vied for his and his father’s pictures in the 1980s. This well documented book gives the details