stolen art

Stolen Marc Chagall painting sells for $130,000 at auction in Israel

The buyer of the small oil painting is from Tel Aviv and wishes to remain anonymous,

By Marcy Oster January 28, 2020 9:39 am

A prized Marc Chagall painting was stolen in the ’90s. It has resurfaced at an Israeli auction.

The biblically themed painting was nabbed from a Tel Aviv gallery in 1996 just days before it was up for auction.

January 23, 2020 3:54 pm

Jewish women’s organization cancels Brazil exhibit after Israeli paintings stolen

The paintings by 35 Israeli women – Jewish, Christian, Muslim and Druze – meant to convey a feeling of coexistence and tolerance, disappeared while being transported from Sao Paulo to Rio.

February 26, 2017 8:35 am

4 stolen Torahs mysteriously returned to Brooklyn synagogue

October 28, 2016 11:38 am

Helen Mirren urges Senate to pass bill that would assist recovery of stolen art

June 7, 2016 3:50 pm

Senate bill eases path to claims on art stolen by Nazis

April 10, 2016 6:32 am

Painted by Klimt, Stolen by the Nazis, and Finally Recovered

The Sordid Nazi History Behind This Famous Klimt Painting

By 10up

from Jewniverse

Oklahoma lawmaker seeking museum probe over Nazi-looted artwork

November 4, 2014 3:15 pm

Two pieces of Nazi-looted Dutch art to be returned

March 16, 2014 12:39 pm

The Mousy Museum Lady Who Documented Nazi Crimes

By Tamar Fox

from Jewniverse

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