January 25, 2016

Transparency

by Marc MasurovskyTransparency is the condition of being transparent.Synonyms can be lucidity,  clearness,  translucence.Transparency can be purity like the crystal clarity of the water.Antonyms are murkiness […]
December 9, 2015

Lessons from “The Orpheus Clock”

An opinion piece by Angelina Giovani The Orpheus Clock was one of my favorite books of 2015. Since the book came out last August, it has […]
October 22, 2015

Frieze Art Fair: Purgatory or hell?

by Marc Masurovsky To those of us who cringe at being initiated to the ways and means of today’s art world, there is no better confirmation […]
October 6, 2015

A time to act…

Destruction at Palmyra by Marc Masurovsky and Ori Z. Soltes On September 28, 2015, at the United Nations, President Obama proposed to fight ISIS and other […]
October 4, 2015

Legacy Reclaimed: A Review of Dina Gold’s “Stolen Legacy: Nazi Theft and the Quest for Justice at Krausenstrasse 17/18, Berlin”

by Ori Z. Soltes By now many books have appeared, focused on the voracious and systematic manner in which the Nazis despoiled their—particularly Jewish—victims of cultural […]
August 31, 2015

A small tribute to Charles Goldstein

Charles Goldstein by Marc Masurovsky Charles Goldstein, counsel to the Commission for Art Recovery and Ronald Lauder’s attorney, died on July 30, 2015. He was 78 […]
August 25, 2015

Interview with Simon Goodman, author of “The Orpheus Clock”

 Interview conducted by Angelina Giovani [Editor’s note] Simon Goodman is the grandson of Friedrich Gutmann, a Dutch Jewish banker whose possessions were plundered during the German […]
August 24, 2015

Hitler’s Art Thief: A Review of Susan Ronald’s Book on Hildebrand Gurlitt and the Looting of Europe’s Treasures (New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2015)

by Ori Z Soltes This book may not be for everyone: if all you are interested in is the number of artworks that surfaced out of […]
August 24, 2015

Dr. Gachet: From confiscation to exile

[Editor’s note: This is the third and last installment of a three-part series on The Portrait of Dr. Gachet produced by Angelina Giovani, which is inspired […]