Jewish Heirs Say Met Museum Pissarro Was Sold Under Nazi-Era Duress

The museum says a Jewish collector received a fair price for the work in 1941. The heirs say sales from that time are ...

Henri Matisse's colorful "Jazz" to go on display at Art Institute of Chicago

Beginning March 7, the Art Institute of Chicago​ will be displaying an exhibition featuring a colorful unbound book of ...
The Times of Israel

Jewish art collector’s heirs sue NYC’s Met Museum for Pissarro painting sold under Nazi duress

The heirs to a Jewish art collector are suing New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in a French court, arguing that a ...
ARTnews on MSN

Jewish heirs file suit in French court regarding Met's ownership of Pissarro painting

The heirs of Jewish art collector Max Julius Braunthal claim that a painting by Camille Pissarro in the Met's collection was ...
Observer

At Christie’s, Irene Roosevelt Aitken’s Collection Tests the Market for Old-World Opulence

The dissolution of her collection will reveal whether the haute billionaire appetite for such ornate fare still holds sway in ...
The Colorado Sun

What’s Working: How Denver’s Art Gym went from private passion project to artist co-op

Luna taught himself the process in 2022, after landing a contract printing historical maps. With no prior experience, he ...

Quality Basics and Heritage Brands Trumped Risk-taking at Paris Men's Trade Shows

Buyers sought to play it safe with high-end staples at Man / Woman and Welcome Edition, while new emerging designers showed ...

The Lost Carpets of King Louis XIV Are Finally on Display in Paris

Then, Louis XIV moved to Versailles, and the carpets were never installed. Starting tomorrow through February 8, roughly 30 ...

The Epstein Files

The Epstein files are a lot, and that’s before we get to Trump’s appearances in them. They present such a sprawling, sordid, ...

UNESCO recognition inspires hope in Afghan artist's city

Hundreds of years after the celebrated painter Kamal ud-Din Behzad roamed the streets of Herat, artists in the Afghan city are finding joy and hope in his recognition by UNESCO. Sitting cross-legged ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences

Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried ...
Opinion

A big hand for the president: The right hand tells the tale of the man

In between global and domestic crises, and despite intense coverage of everything from his ICE deployments to his Greenland envy, President Trump still manages to stir frequent speculation about ...