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  • August 2008
    • Ownership Dispute Swirls Around NY Picassos

      Ownership Dispute Swirls Around NY Picassos

      (Newser) - The heirs of a German-Jewish banker are demanding that New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Guggenheim relinquish possession of two works by Picasso, Der Spiegel reports. The heirs say the two paintings, Boy Leading a Horse and Le Moulin de la Galette , unjustly fell into the hands of American art collectors during the Nazi rise to power. More »

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      Germany   art   World War II   Jews   anti-Semitism   Nazis   Pablo Picasso   MoMA   Guggenheim

  • October 2007
    • Houston, MoMA Tops in Arts $$$

      Houston, MoMA Tops in Arts $$$

      (Newser) - A surge in private arts funding boosted the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston last year with $185.8 million, making it the top US recipient of private arts donations. Runners-up were New York's MoMA, with $133.5 million; the Smithsonian, with $131.2 million; and Boston's MFA, with $130.4 million. Arts organization support from private sources spiked 17.5% overall in 2006 to hit $2.5 billion, Bloomberg reports. More »

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      donation   Smithsonian   Lincoln Center   MoMA

  • August 2007

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