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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: MoMA

MoMA stories: 3 news summaries

 Ownership Dispute 
 Swirls Around NY Picassos 

Heirs of German-Jewish banker say Nazis forced sale of paintings, now worth millions

Aug 20, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Germany • Jews • art • World War II • MoMA • Pablo Picasso • anti-Semitism • Nazis • Guggenheim • Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Houston, MoMA Tops in Arts $$$

Tops in donations: Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, NYC's MoMA

Oct 29, 07 9:32 PM CDT
(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.... More »

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donation • MoMA • arts organizations • Lincoln Center • Smithsonian

Painter Elizabeth Murray Dies

Adventurous artist reshaped Modernism

Aug 13, 07 8:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Murray, a painter whose vivid, cartoon-based work was part of a contemporary movement away from minimalism, died yesterday of lung cancer. She was 66. A leading figure in the New York art scene, Murray won a MacArthur genius grant in 1999 and enjoyed a retrospective at MoMA last year. More »

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lung cancer • art • obituary • death • painter • Elizabeth Murray • Museum of Modern Art • neo expressionist • post minimalist • MacArthur genius • MoMA • artist

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