Our Art History

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Klimt Stolen by Gestapo Returned to Victims’ Heir

Salzburg's Museum of Modern Art is returning a famous Klimt painting stolen by the Gestapo in 1941. According to the provincial government, Litzlberg on the...
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Art Loss Register Recovers Stolen Print in Less than Three Weeks

Working through diplomatic channels and with police, the Art Loss Registry (ALR) quickly recovered a famous stolen photograph. The Wave by Frantisek Drtikol was stolen...
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Conserving Van Gogh’s Sunflowers

As scientists make new discoveries about artists' materials, and as art historians make new discoveries about artists' intentions, more efforts can be made to conserve...
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Must See Exhibit: Balenciaga-Spanish Master

  Located at the Queen Sophia Spanish Institute until February 19, 2011 Gallery Hours: Mon. - Tues.: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. ; Wed.-Fri.: 10...
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Google Art Project

It's official. According to Michael Humphrey, blogging for Forbes, Google is the coolest company on earth because it just rolled out an amazing resource --...
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Nefertiti to Remain in Berlin, Natürlich

In 1913, the year Ernst Ludwig Kirchner finished his Berlin Street Scene, an Egyptian beauty came to the German capital. Now, almost a hundred years...
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Zimmerli returns Grien

On January 14, 2011, the Zimmerli Art Museum returned a portrait by Hans Baldung Grien, “Portrait of a Young Man” (1509) (right) to Simon Goodman,...
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The Case of the Charitable Forger

A forger is generally portrayed as a greedy figure. He has just enough technical skill to imitate a real artist's creative genius, and then he...
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Exit Through the Gift Shop: Anonymous Art & Attribution

Graffiti is a curious art form. Works of graffiti are usually ignored, or worse, criticized for invading our public space and often destroyed. For example,...
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The Met gets a Velazquez for Christmas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired a portrait of King Philip IV in 1913, as a bequest from Benjamin Altman. The portrait of the 18-year-old...
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“The Three Graces” go online

From the 16th Century to the Internet Age "The Three Graces", painted in 1531 by Lucas Cranach the Elder, was deemed a Trésor National of...
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Remix!

The Henry Art Gallery in Seattle explores art appropriation this winter with its new exhibit, "Image Transfer: Pictures in a Remix Culture" The exhibition is...
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