Mr. Lauder agreed to the restitution and repurchase of the painting from the relatives of an art collector who fled Europe in 1941 to avoid Nazi persecution.
Author: COLIN MOYNIHAN
Almost Safe, She Returned to Munich and Lost a Bronzino and Her Life
A portrait by Bronzino that Ilse Hesselberger once owned is coming up for sale, a reminder of the brutality, and twists of fate, that Jews confronted in the Nazi era.
Judge Rejects Turkey’s Claim That Ancient Sculpture Was Looted.
The marble figure had been displayed publicly for decades in New York before the Turkish government sued for its return.
Turkey Fights for Return of a Work It Says Was Looted
A bench trial in Federal District Court in Manhattan concerns an ancient idol held by Christie’s.
September 11 Memorial Lays Off Staff Members and Furloughs Others
The museum and memorial complex relies on ticket receipts to pay the bills, but the pandemic has changed all that.
Church Leaders Sue Princeton Over ‘Stolen’ Manuscripts
In a lawsuit, officials of the Eastern Orthodox Church say the university has four manuscripts that were looted from a monastery in Greece in 1917.