Nonprofit Gets Two Paintings Stolen by Nazis Pulled From Auction
The paintings were among more than 300 works seized during World War II from Adolphe Schloss, a German Jew who lived in France and amassed a collection of old master paintings.
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Relax with Rembrandt: artist’s self-portrait to take a slow tour of England
National Trust-owned painting will be exhibited with a meditation option for art lovers to take a long, lingering lookThe impulse to race around a gallery and take in as many wonderful paintings as possible can be hard to resist.But art enthusiasts are…
National Gallery accused of risking ‘bad blood’ with Tate over 20th-century art
Sources say decision to collect ‘modern’ art could have two galleries ‘at each others’ throats’ – but others welcome moveA decision to tear up an agreement between the National Gallery and Tate, which stopped the Trafalgar Square institution from colle…
National Gallery lifts ban on post-1900 paintings after £375m investment
Gallery secures huge investment at a time when many arts institutions are struggling to raise fundsThe National Gallery has lifted its ban on collecting modern paintings made after 1900 as part of a revamp that will include a new wing, made possible af…
New Banksy Work Seen as Comment on Crackdown on Palestine Action Supporters
The mural that appeared outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday depicted a judge attacking a demonstrator with a gavel.
Court staff cover up Banksy image of judge beating a protester
Artist’s latest work at Royal Courts of Justice in London is thought to refer to pro-Palestine demonstrationsA painting by Banksy of a judge using a gavel to beat a helpless protester appeared on the walls of the Royal Courts of Justice before quickly …
Tate Modern to host Tracey Emin’s biggest ever exhibition next spring
Exclusive: A Second Life will feature My Bed and never seen before pieces that reflect on artist’s experience of cancerTracey Emin will open her biggest ever exhibition at the Tate Modern next spring, showcasing her best artworks from a 40-year career….
How an 18th-century portrait stolen by the Nazis was recovered 80 years later in Argentina
Painting was spotted online by Dutch journalists when the daughter of a former Nazi official put her house up for sale in Mar del PlataThere was nothing very remarkable about the middle-aged couple who lived in the low, stone-clad villa on calle Padre …
Argentine Authorities Charge Couple With Hiding Nazi-Looted Painting
“Portrait of a Lady,” by the Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi, had not been seen publicly for 80 years until journalists spotted it in a real estate listing last month.
Newly discovered portrait may depict ‘fair youth’ of Shakespeare’s sonnets
Earl of Southampton may have given writer the miniature by Nicholas Hilliard, which has defaced heart on its reverseThe discovery of a previously unknown portrait miniature by one of Elizabethan England’s greatest artists would be significant enough. B…