Modern Art and controversy

We moved to another wing, where a more modern art, incl. Laurie's fave Impressionalists live. Of corse, in a lot of ways, I'm not a fan ( see enclosed Joan Miro)... but there are Chagalls... and Monet's Waterloo Bridge that seems to be sporting a German U-Boat. 🙄

The art piece in the video is cool, though.

Speaking of Germans, we then moved into a section that is a part of quite a big controversy.

The controversy concernes the integrated artworks from the collection of the arms dealer Emil Bührle, and it has caused discussion and criticism due to concern that some of the artworks may have been sold under duress by Jews persecuted by Nazis during the Third Reich.Critics say that the ownership history of the artworks has not been sufficiently clarified and, in January 2021, a petition was launched to demand access for impartial international researchers. In October 2023, a panel of academics hired to rectify incorrect or misleading Nazi-era provenances resigned in protest over the way the history was presented.

You can get stuff on it by Googleing Buhrle and decide for yourself where would you stand

I resolved myself to take just a few photos highlighting the most known work of art (that of Renoir). Needless to say, I was not aware of this story, the subject of Nazi looting itself being nothing new.

I'd recommend watching "Woman in Gold" - a 2015 ‧ War/Drama movie starting the ever versatile Dame Helen Mirren to get some perspective on it.Read more