A recent article by collector Ronald Lauder in the Wall Street Journal traces the number of claims over Nazi-looted art currently dogging museums in the U.S. and abroad, and advocates for a swift return of disputed works.  “Refusing to return stolen art because of the passage of time—not yet 70 years since Auschwitz was liberated—deprives museums of any claim to moral high ground,” Lauder writes. (more…)

Philanthropist and collector Leonard A. Lauder, who recently donated an impressive selection of early Modernist works to the Metropolitan Museum, has added another masterwork to his gift, Fernand Léger’s The Village.  “Leonard Lauder is dedicated to creating the greatest collection of Cubist art in the world and to ensuring that these works will be accessible to the millions of people who visit the Met.”  said Museum director and CEO Thomas P. Campbell. (more…)