Ronald Lauder

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, […]
July 12, 2014

Should museums stop using technical defenses to prevent restitution of looted art? The debate rages…

Nicholas O’Donnell’s article on Ronald Lauder’s Editorial on Stolen Art and Museums Fails the Common Sense Test By Pierre Ciric* In his article titled “Lauder Editorial […]
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 […]
February 10, 2016

Thoughts about provenance research, 1995-2016

by Marc Masurovsky It has been almost twenty years, yes, 20, two times 10, 4 times 5, since “provenance research” entered the public sphere in the […]
June 14, 2016

The American museums, the US Senate and the art market vs. Claimants

by Marc Masurovsky It’s hard to believe that we have reached this point again. The US Senate and its friends in the art market and in […]
June 16, 2016

S. 2763: Restitution kabuki

an opinionated piece by Marc Masurovsky Note: The title was inspired by a close friend who is intimately involved in art restitution matters. The authors of […]
October 9, 2016

Prisoners of war

by Marc Masurovsky In late January 2014, Ronald Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress, declared that art objects stolen from Jews “are the last prisoners […]