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February 14, 2015

Schleiertanz (Veil Dance) 1920, by Paul Klee

Schleiertanz, 1920, Paul Klee by Marc Masurovsky Paul Klee produced the watercolor known as “Schleiertanz”, the Veil Dance, in 1920. It was exhibited in Munich at […]

February 14, 2015

Plundered love in black and white from the Jeu de Paume

by Marc Masurovsky It is fitting to celebrate on our own way Valentine’s Day, that annual pressure cooker of love and desire complete with chocolate treats […]

February 14, 2015

I will tell you which one is fake, if you tell me which one is looted

Ideal view of Dulwich Picture Gallery, J.M. Gandy, 1823 by Angelina Giovani One of the main differences in the way in which we deal with issues […]

February 13, 2015

Provenance research workshop in New York City, April 16-17, April 23-24, April 30-May 1, 2015

by Marc Masurovsky Should it be viewed as a “miracle”? Not really. How hard is it to organize an event such as a provenance research workshop? […]

February 4, 2015

A Gurlitt painting waiting to be restituted: View of the Seine from the Pont-Neuf, by Camille Pissarro

by Marc Masurovsky One of the paintings found in the infamous Salzburg Depot in Western Austria which were part of the art collection of the late […]

February 1, 2015

Pieter Paul Rubens, “The daughters of Cetrops find the serpent-shaped baby”

The daughters of Cetrops find the serpent-shaped baby, Rubens by Marc Masurovsky What’s in a provenance? According to one saying, it is all in the eye […]

January 31, 2015

Sometimes It Takes a Village to Correct a Historical Wrong

Madonna and Child in a landscape by Ori Z. Soltes No two cases that deal with Nazi-plundered art are identical. There always seems to be some […]

January 30, 2015

A new art loss database, ArtClaim, takes its maiden voyage in London

by Angelina Giovani, HARP correspondent, London (UK)* On the evening of Monday, January 19, 2015 the London-based Art Recovery Group used the Royal Institution of Great […]

January 29, 2015

The never-ending post-Gurlitt “process”

by Marc Masurovsky What is one to make of all this hoopla concerning provenance research in Germany? It took an ill-managed investigation into the activities of […]