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January 5, 2012

Franz Marc’s “The Large Blue Horses”

Die grossen blauen Pferden, Franz MacSource: Walker Art Center Franz Marc’s “The Large Blue Horses” [Die grossen blauen Pferden], which he painted in 1911, have adorned […]

January 10, 2012

“Der Garten Daubignys,” Vincent van Gogh

Shortly before the troubled, inspired, and heartbreaking life of Vincent van Gogh came to a violent end on July 29, 1890, at Auvers-sur-Oise, he produced a […]

January 11, 2012

The “three graces” of art restitution

“The Graces of the Gardens of the Hesperides”, Rubens, taken by the ERRSource: Holocaust-Era Assets Portal, NARA, RG 111-SC-374665 Although they were not paragons of beauty […]

January 18, 2012

“The Portrait of Walli”: The Case that Will Not Go Away

Portrait of Walli, by Egon SchieleSource: Bloomberg In an odd twist of events that allows Egon Schiele’s “Portrait of Walli” to resurface as a magnet for […]

January 28, 2012

Deconstructing Aphrodite: the Getty Art Museum, looted antiquities and the art trade

The 4th century BC marble sculpture of winged griffins at center of controversy, acquired illegally by the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1985Source: NPR An interesting […]

February 13, 2012

Looted Renoir painting on the French Riviera

by Marc Masurovsky SS Officer Hermann Brandl, also known as the head of the infamous black market organization in wartime Paris called “Otto” left France in […]

April 30, 2012

Repatriation of looted antiquities to Italy

by Keri Douglas (Special to plundered art) ArtifactsSource: Keri Douglas In an official ceremony held on April 26, 2012, at the Italian Embassy in Washington, DC, […]

April 30, 2012

Wild Weekend with Wally—Part One

Self-Portrait, by Egon Schiele, 1912Source: Google Images No, it’s not what it sounds like. I did not spend a wild weekend with Wally. Portrait of Wally, […]

April 30, 2012

Wild Weekend with Wally-Part Two

Close-up view of “Portrait of Wally”Source: Google Images Andrew Shea, DirectorSource: Google Images The making of a documentary film on the fate of the “Portrait of […]