News about Egon Schiele

The Art Institute of Chicago is being accused of "willful blindness" regarding the work that was previously deemed "looted" by Nazis during the Holocaust. 'Russian War Prisoner' by Schiele belonged to the popular cabaret singer Fritz Grunbaum, who was killed in the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1941.' The work was then laundered by art dealers and moved to New York, according to the DA. Grunbaum's descendants, as well as the remainder of his art collection that was unavailable during World War II, have long longed for the drawing's return.

In my mind's eye, everything is bathed in light during a summer holiday. . . However, life isn't like that. I've read horrifying reports of holidaymakers fleeing fires and dealing with the suffocating heat over the past fortnight. I've also checked out friends' photos of soggy staycation. 'Pack for a Scottish summer,' I told my younger son, who was attending Scout camp in the New Forest last week.' We'll fly to Slovenia after I've dealt with his mildewed laundry. It is both verdant and soaring - there could be rainstorms.