It was early 1939 and the window for Jews like Lilly Cassirer Neubauer to escape was rapidly closing. The Nazis had been tightening their grip on Germany, ransacking synagogues and Jewish homes and schools. Death camps would follow soon. In desperation, she surrendered an exquisite impressionist painting in her family’s art collection for a visa
Paris art dealers have launched a public campaign against new European Union (EU) regulations intended to prevent the illicit sale of cultural objects, but which they claim will hinder the import, transport, and donation of art within the 27-member bloc. As first reported in Artnet News Monday, Syndicat National des Antiquaires (SNA), which represents some 300
The view of the Eiffel Tower from the Grand Palais Ephèmére, Paris+’s temporary venue. Courtesy of Paris+ par Art Basel. French antique art dealers initiated an open lobbying push, opposing a new European Union (EU) legislation. Overall, the new legislation’s intention is to restrict importation of unlawful cultural objects, particularly antiques. They predict a
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Antique art dealers in France have launched a public lobbying campaign against a new European Union (EU) regulation intended to curb imports of illicit cultural objects, notably antiquities, which they say will have a “dramatic and damaging impact” on the EU art market while risking the wrongful criminalization of collectors. In a heated Paris press
Did you know women make up less than 1% of the named artists in the MMFA’s collection of historical European paintings, sculptures and works on paper? Most of their works have rarely, if ever, been exhibited at the Museum. Spotlight : Women Artists in the Early Modern European Art Collection, designed as a series of
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In a significant step towards enhancing international collaboration on the restitution of Nazi-looted art, the UK has assumed the presidency of the Network of European Restitution Committees for the 2023/24 term. This network, established in 2019 by the Spoliation Advisory Panel along with counterparts in France, Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands, aims to foster increased
[Pasadena Village] How do we see Blackness? How has art influenced our vision and understanding of race and identity? These are some of the questions that will be discussed Friday, March 1 at the next Conversations with Arts series, a monthly program hosted by Pasadena Village, a community organization for older adults. The event, titled