Guggenheim Settles With Malevich Heirs
The foundation that runs the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum said yesterday that it had reached an agreement with the heirs of the artist Kazimir Malevich over the ownership of an untitled work by him that the museum plans to include in an exhibition this month. In a joint news release, the foundation and the heirs of Malevich, the Russian Suprematist, said they had reached “an amicable settlement” over an oil painting on canvas made by the artist around 1916, which was acquired by Peggy Guggenheim in 1942 and has been part of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. Via the New York Times.
Tags: Art Law, museum collections, nazi art theft, nazi loot
Comments