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fineartpublicity.com
Art from the University of Iowa Museum to Open at the Figge Art Museum features works by Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse from the University of Iowa Museum of Art, organized for display at the Figge Art Museum, including Pollock’s Mural (1943) and other modern masterworks; the exhibition runs from April 19 to August 2 in Davenport, Iowa.
codart.nl
JPMorgan Chase & Co sues Louis Reijtenbagh alleging failure to repay loans and illicitly moved artwork by Rembrandt, Picasso and others as collateral; among the artworks is a painting by Gerrit Berckheyde that was recently acquired by the Rijksmuseum; the Rijksmuseum is investigating the claim, and the work is part of Pride of place: Dutch cityscapes of the Golden Age at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
france24.com
The Austrian town of Linz will return a Klimt painting to the descendants of Aranka Munk, whose family was robbed by the Nazis; the portrait identified as Ria Munk is valued at about 15 million euros.
nytimes.com
James Barron and Sewell Chan report that a 17th-century oil painting, Portrait of a Musician Playing a Bagpipe, seized from Max Stern’s German-ruled collection by the Nazis, was returned to Stern’s estate at a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan. The painting, signed as 1632 and by an unknown Dutch artist, was part of a forced sale arranged with Lempertz Auction House. The event marks a milestone in restitution efforts by the Max Stern Art Restitution Project.
galerierichard.com
The page announces an exhibition titled Masters of NYC featuring Ron Gorchov, Alain Kirili, Judy Pfaff, Alexander Ross, and Frank Stella at Galerie Richard in Paris, with dates in 2009. It discusses the artists and their significance, noting their New York roots and shaped canvases by Gorchov.