A Lawsuit Mining a Familyâs Aristocratic Past Will Determine the Fate of 2 Picassos
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A descendant of a previous owner of two Picassos claims they were sold under duress during the Nazi regime, and that the paintings, now at the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art, belong to him.
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Two Picasso paintings together valued at 50 million euros ($66 million) were stolen this week from the Paris home of the Spanish painter's granddaughter, police said on Wednesday.
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The spectacular art collection of a German multi-millionaire goes on show Wednesday amid a raging debate about the source of his fortune: an inheritance from his grandfather, a top Nazi industrialist.
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The French government has said the judiciary was working to shed light on the attempted sale by a Frenchman of hair believed to belong to the mummy of Ramses II.
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It's an art collection that could hold as many as 80 works by Vincent van Gogh and nearly half-a-dozen by Paul Cezanne, that is if the champions of a dead Dutch furniture dealer are to be believed.
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The Art Loss Register, a London database of 180,000 missing art works, is on the trail of two Picassos stolen in Paris last week. By the Associated Press.
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A messy battle with Mass MoCA wanting to uncover an exhibition and the artist Christoph BÃ¼chel wanting to withdraw it.
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The end of a legal battle about ownership of Martha Graham's dances has revealed how wrenching the question of artistic legacy and ownership can be.
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Nearly 1,700 relatives of people whose bodies were found scattered across a crematory's property are suing the owner for all he's worth &#151; but that may not be much.
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At least two Picasso paintings, worth a total of nearly $66 million, were stolen from the artist's granddaughter's house in Paris, police said
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BERLIN Sept. 21, 2004 - The billionaire heir of a Nazi-era arms supplier has put his massive art collection on show amid accusations that he is trying to rehabilitate the family name and downplay the use of slave labor by his grandfather&#39;s company.
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Take it to your mountaintop fortress, pop open some Chateau Lafite and hang it next to your other stolen masterpieces? Whenever a high-profile art theft occurs, rumors circulate that a scandalously rich collector has commissioned the crime.
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Makers of the epic âAlexanderâ - depicting the life of the legendary Greek ruler â-re facing a possible lawsuit for showing the ruler as bisexual.
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Just as the Dutch government was moving to discourage new claims for restitution of art looted during World War II, the heirs of a Dutch Jewish art dealer have filed one of the largest claims to date.
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Actress Elizabeth Taylor is sued by the family of a painting's ex-owner, who claim it was stolen by Nazis.
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Each day in a Delaware courtroom, the inner workings of the old Walt Disney Co. are on display. A shareholder lawsuit over the eye-popping severance received by former president Michael S. Ovitz
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At least two Picasso paintings worth a total of nearly $66 million were stolen from the house of the artist's granddaughter in Paris, police said Wednesday.