Gustav Klimt
Helen Mirren To Be Honored By World Jewish Congress
All hail the Queen! The Weinstein Company has announced that actress Helen Mirren will be honored by the World Jewish Congress for her role in ‘Woman in Gold.’
All That’s ‘Gold’ Does Not Always Glitter
‘Woman in Gold’ uses every single cliché about Vienna, the Nazis and intergenerational friendship. But Anna Goldenberg writes it will leave at least you craving Sacher torte.
Egon Schiele, My Father and Me
Years after her father’s death, Carol Bergman discovered that he might not have been quite the art collector she thought. Did he buy a painting confiscated by the Nazis?
Vienna Museum Insists Jewish Owner Willingly Sold Klimt's Beethoven Frieze for $750K
The Viennese museum that houses one of Gustav Klimt’s greatest artworks says it has evidence that its previous Jewish owner sold it to the Austrian state in an amicable transaction, rather than too cheaply under duress.
Vienna Museum Director Quits Over Looted Art
The director of Vienna’s Leopold Museum, home to extensive collections of work by Austrian artists such as Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, has quit in a row over Nazi-looted art.
Holocaust Survivor's Kin Seek Return of Looted Klimt Painting 'Beethoven Frieze'
The family of a Holocaust survivor who fled Vienna in 1938 has filed a claim for the return of one of the country’s national treasures.
