The Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of exhibiting “willful blindness” to evidence suggesting it was purchasing artwork stolen during the Holocaust when it acquired a drawing that authorities say was looted by the Nazis.
The museum denies the allegations, contending Fritz Grünbaum’s sister-in-law inherited Egon Schiele’s 'Russian War Prisoner' after Grünbaum was killed at Dachau and subsequently sold the drawing along with other of Schiele's works to an art dealer.
The date for the SoCal Museums “Museums Free-for-All” was announced by officials on Wednesday. On Saturday, March 23, more than 30 museums across Southern California will offer free general admission as part of the “Museums Free-for-all.” “With museums from Long Beach to Los Angeles to Santa Barbara, there is so much to explore,” SoCal Museums […]