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A 2024 Gustav Klimt sale, worth $32 million, has fallen through after the buyer remained dissatisfied with the work's provenance. In 2024, a sale for Portrait of Fräulein Lieser (1917) by Gustav Klimt was held at im Kinsky auction house…

The Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam will return a Henry Matisse painting to the heirs of the person who sold it during Nazi persecution. Titled Odalisque, the work was painted by Henry Matisse sometime during 1920-21. It was eventually…

Heirs of an Austrian, Jewish gallery owner have filed a case against Sotheby’s for faking the provenance of a painting sold in 2019. The painting in question is St. Francis of Paola Holding a Rosary, Book, and Staff by Giovanni Battista…

A French court has ordered Christie’s to return a Van Der Werff painting to the heirs of author Marcel Proust. The painting in question, The Penitent Magdalene, was created in 1707 by Dutch artist Adriaen Van der Werff. The painting was…

Heirs of Fritz Grünbaum are seeking the return of Egon Schiele works from the Museum of Modern Art and Santa Barbara Museum of Art. Timothy Reif and David Fraenkel are the relatives of Fritz Grünbaum, an Austrian Jewish art collector.…

The heirs of a Jewish art collector have sued the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as the Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, over an allegedly Nazi-looted Vincent van Gogh painting. The case was filed at a federal court in San…

The Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands is returning a Wassily Kandinsky painting to the heirs of its Jewish collector. The painting, titled View of Murnau with Church, was created by Wassily Kandinsky in 1910. Though not clear when she…

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem is being sued by the heirs of the alleged owner of a 14th century Hebrew manuscript over illegal ownership. The heirs of Ludwig Marum have filed a lawsuit in a New York state court against the museum. The…

Artist Miriam Cahn has announced to remove her artworks from Kunsthaus Zurich after the museum announced its Bührle Collection. In an open letter, Miriam Cahn wrote to the museum informing about her decision and her views on the matter.…

The heirs of the trust that manages artist Piet Mondrian has sued the Philadelphia Museum of Art over Composition with Blue, reportedly looted by Nazis. The work in question was made by the Dutch artist in 1926. In 1927, Mondrian handed…