December 24, 2011

First anniversary of “plundered art”

Happy holidays! The “plundered art” blog just passed its first anniversary. This might be a good time to revisit its reason for existence. It’s not that […]
November 21, 2011

“Christ carrying the cross,” by Girolamo di Romano

Christ Carrying the Cross Dragged by a Rogue, Girolamo RomanoSource: New York Times, Arts Beat Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science (Tallahassee, FL)Source: Wikipedia Shortly […]
November 20, 2011

Pearls from Brazil

São Paulo, Brazil, boasts one of the finest art museums in the Southern Hemisphere, something to make its friends in Buenos Aires squirm. MASP – Museu de […]
November 17, 2011

Landscapes of cultural plunder revisited

Vue de la zone entre la porte de Clignancourt el la porte Montmarte, 1943-1944Source: BHdv / Roger-Viollet / Direction technique de la voirie parisienne via  Patrimoine […]
November 15, 2011

Modigliani’s “Seated Man with a Cane” up for grabs

by Marc Masurovsky[Editor’s note: This blog piece originally appeared on November 15, 2011. It has been updated to reflect additional news and research regarding the “Seated […]
November 14, 2011

Safeguarding art in Nazi Germany for the greater good: an outline

For as long as museums have existed, one of their cardinal raisons d’être has been to preserve the finest specimens of “CULTURE” for the greater good, […]
November 13, 2011

When the gloves come off, does this mean WAR?

As we say in the United States, ‘them’s fightin’ words’! True, they are. Perhaps, they deliver more bang than bite. But they emerge from the deepest […]
November 8, 2011

Nazi looted art conference at Lafayette College, Easton, PA: a debriefing (II)

Day 2: October 27, 2011 Lafayette CollegeSource: Lafayette College via Flickr Lafayette College is a small architectural jewel nestled in a set of rolling hills not […]
November 8, 2011

Nazi looted art conference at Lafayette College, October 26-28, 2011: a debriefing (I)

From left to right: Rachel Davidson, Diane Ahl, Radu Pribic Courtesy: Lafayette College It has now been close to two weeks since Lafayette College in quaint […]