The Holocaust and Restitution of Confiscated Art – Part 4

“Confiscation of art by the Nazis during World War II has been described as the ‘greatest displacement of art in human history.’” In part 4 of his series on Holocaust restitution, Mark Mietkiewicz examines the judicial and ethical rulings of recovering Nazi confiscated art.

New book documents Montreal’s street art

Archie Fineberg used to pay little attention to what was on the sides of buildings he drove by. But he could not fail to notice that Montreal was increasingly becoming one big canvas for some very impressive art. His new book, Montreal’s Street Art Gallery, is his tribute to those artists.

AGO shows the work of artist Florine Stettheimer

On first impression, the brilliantly hued paintings by Florine Stettheimer are gorgeous. If the artist was barely known beyond the cognoscenti until recently, her fame as an influential artist of jazz-age New York is blossoming now.

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