Film Review
The True-ish Story of a Rediscovered Schiele Masterpiece
The new film Auction layers an awful lot of melodramatic meat on the skeleton of the facts to create its vision of the art world.
Egon Schiele
Art
Egon Schiele’s Landscapes Tell a Winter’s Tale
An eternal fall permeates most of the artist’s landscapes, in which gloomy and Gothic towns are shot through with a sense of impending doom.
News
MoMA and Morgan Library Among Museums Returning Nazi-Looted Art
Seven Egon Schiele works that belonged to Austrian-Jewish cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum were handed back to his heirs.
Art
Immersing Yourself in the Works of Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt: Gold in Motion transforms a historic bank in Manhattan into the unlikely setting of an immersive art experience one visitor called “mesmerizing.”
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Nazi-looted Watercolor by Egon Schiele, Belonging to Artist's Dentist, Will Be Returned to Heirs
Germany’s advisory commission on Nazi-looted art also recommended the return of a painting by Erich Heckel to the heirs of Jewish journalist Max Fischer.
In Brief
Man Finds Authentic Egon Schiele Drawing in New York City Thrift Store
The shopper, a part-time art handler, found a 1918 Schiele pencil drawing in a Habitat for Humanity thrift store in Queens. The finding is valued at more than $100,000.
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Egypt to Sue Christie’s Auction House After Sale of King Tut Bust
Plus, heirs of an Austrian cabaret singer win a lawsuit over Nazi-looted Egon Schiele drawings, and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts adds 111 works to its permanent collection.
Art
A Gallery’s Eight Decades of Artistic Independence
Now celebrating its 80th anniversary, Manhattan’s Galerie St. Etienne brings a scholarly approach to a uniquely diverse lineup.
Art
Egon Schiele’s Impudent Offspring
Tracing Egon Schiele’s lineage, forward and backward in time.
Art
Egon Schiele’s Quivering Line Tells All
An exhibition full of drawings shines light on the history of the line in this artist’s work.
Art
Nostalgia and Reality in Picasso, Schiele, and Klimt
The drawings of Klimt and Schiele, in contrast to those of Picasso, are graphic evidence of an artist grappling with what is directly in front of him.
Art
Art by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso Laid Bare for New Exhibition at Met Breuer
On display at the Met Breuer are the nude drawings, watercolors, and prints by Klimt, Schiele, and Picasso. This will be the first time these pieces have been on display together.