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May 20, 2011

ERR database—Edouard Esmond

by Marc Masurovsky A classic case of being at the wrong place, at the wrong time. Edouard Esmond lived in a sumptuous apartment at 54, avenue […]

May 21, 2011

May 1945 and beyond

The Second World War is over in Europe and North Africa. The Third Reich no longer exists. The only active military front is in Asia where […]

May 22, 2011

The recycling of Chaim Soutine’s works under Vichy and beyond

In November 1940, Chaim Soutine’s main benefactor, Madeleine Castaing, had introduced him to the former wife of Max Ernst, Marie-Berthe Aurenche, at a café in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. […]

May 25, 2011

Art historians and wartime plunder

An insightful commentary about Nazi looting of Polish collections by Dr. Robert Kudelsky of Warsaw serves as a stark reminder of the criminal role played by […]

May 25, 2011

Fun and games in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Buenos AiresSource: Flickr via © Gustavo Brazalle If you love art and food and drink and ‘joie de vivre,’ Buenos Aires is for you. What a […]

May 26, 2011

Restitution and ‘restitution’

Restitution involves the act of returning a stolen object to the owner who was the victim of the theft. However, if a gallery sells a painting […]

May 27, 2011

Gabriel Metsu at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

This stunning exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which had already been at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin, brings together […]

May 28, 2011

Plunder of culture

The plunder of culture is a crime against humanity. And the right to culture is a human right. Since the dawn of ages, men and women […]

May 29, 2011

Wartime art trade between Caracas, Venezuela, and New York

In September 1944, the Navy Censorship office in New York notified William Burke, of the Frick Art Reference Library, that a group of 30 paintings coming […]