Me and High Culture
Mark Schiff
August 26, 2020
I have very little DNA “culture” in my bones. The few ballets I’ve attended, I didn’t leave thinking about the great artistry of the danseuse or the danseur.
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museums
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Gerri Miller
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Ryan Torok
May 31, 2013
More than 20 dramas, documentaries, comedies, foreign language films and shorts will be shown at seven venues from Thousand Oaks to Beverly Hills.
Bill would put West Bank museums under Israeli control
Jewish Journal
July 21, 2011
A bill that would place museums in West Bank settlements under Israeli law passed its preliminary reading.
Swiss report: Museums should investigate Nazi-era art
Jewish Journal
January 26, 2011
A Swiss government report has concluded that the country\’s museums should more intensively investigate whether they hold artwork looted during the Nazi era. The report, published this week by the Federal Culture Office, summarizes the results of a survey of 551 Swiss museums on the state of their provenance research, according to the Claims Conference, the main Jewish organization on restitution issues. The Swiss government commissioned the survey in 2008, in advance of the of the 2009 Holocaust Era Assets Conference in Prague. The outcome of the conference is also summarized in the newly released report.
7 Days in the Arts
Keren Engelberg
June 22, 2006
This week in Los Angeles: REDCAT\’s International Children\’s Film Festival; Iris Chang Memorial Essay Contest; \”Elements\” exhibit at the Finegood Gallery; \”Enrico Donati: One of Each\” at galerie yoramgil; Summer Sunset Services from Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue.
Sondheim Knows How to Book ‘Em
Robert David Jaffee
February 16, 2006
Harry Sondheim, a retired criminal prosecutor for the L.A. County D.A.\’s office, was traveling in Holland when he simply noticed an artifact that appealed to him. \”They had a museum, Der Weg, which means the Weighing House. They had an artist named Bicart. I bought some postcards with depictions of Jewish ceremonies on them. You can\’t buy those postcards any longer.\”
Artful Solution to Nazi Looting
Tom Tugend
May 26, 2005
After six years of litigation and diplomatic battles over Nazi-looted art, in a legal case stretching from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., to Vienna and back, the Austrian government has agreed with Maria Altmann, an 89-year old widow, to let arbitration decide who now owns masterpieces that once belonged to her family.
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