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 15, 2015

The Gurlitt indictment: Washington Principles vs. the German government and its partners

by Marc Masurovsky Leave it to the diplomats, the pundits, the negotiators, the strategists, the civil servants, and those with a vested interest in doing business […]
February 23, 2015

Provenance research: what to do?

by Marc Masurovsky The fault lines around contrasting views and understandings of provenance research resurfaced during the international conference on looted art that took place on […]
February 24, 2015

The cult of the object

When will you marry? Paul Gauguin 1892 by Marc Masurovsky In the hyper-inflated art market that we witness nowadays, sums are being spent on works of […]
February 24, 2015

The most expensive works of art in the world and their histories (or lack thereof)-Part One

by Marc Masurovsky Our collective jaws routinely drop when we read about a work of art selling for sums of money that most of us cannot […]
February 25, 2015

The most expensive works of art in the world and their histories (or lack thereof)-Part Two

by Marc Masurovsky (Note: Absent are works of art that post-date 1945: Alberto Giacometti, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, and the ubiquitous Pablo Picasso.) 5. Dora Maar […]
February 25, 2015

The most expensive works of art in the world and their histories (or lack thereof)-Part Three

by Marc Masurovsky 7. The Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer II, 1912, by Gustav Klimt sold for 87 million dollars at Christie’s on November 8, 2006. […]
February 28, 2015

Provenance research: let’s get real

by Marc Masurovsky The din grows ever stronger in conferences, symposia, seminars, blogs, social media, museums, government agencies, whereby provenance research is a necessity, a duty. […]
February 28, 2015

Technical defenses fuel a toxic legal climate that denies justice for claimants

by Marc Masurovsky The words themselves are shocking. Speaking as a non-lawyer, technical defenses—statute of limitations and “laches”—constitute the bane of any claimant seeking to recover […]