In a disappointing ruling rejecting the appeal of Holocaust claimant Marei von Saher, the Ninth Circuit decided in July that the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena may keep Lucas Cranach the Elder’s works Adam and Eve.
Seemingly pulled from the pages of an international thriller, Museum of the Bible and the University of Athens in Greece have collaborated to solve the mystery of a medieval manuscript missing since 1991.
In the world of film, questions of provenance are having a moment in both documentaries and fiction. In the 2015 film, “Woman in Gold,” Helen Mirren plays an octogenarian who finds proof that a famous painting by Gustav Klimt was the one that hung above her aunt and uncle’s fireplace when she was a child.
Last week, Cultural Heritage Partners filed an amicus brief on behalf of four current and former members of Congress in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Investing in art is about more than flipping works for a quick profit, especially today when the risks are dramatized in one scandal after another. Buying a beautiful painting, unique antiquity, or culturally significant object can yield personal, aesthetic and financial returns.