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Degenerate Art: Exhibition at the Neue Galerie and my Family

Posted on April 3, 2014 by

In addition to its Jews, gypsies, mentally ill, and gays, Nazi Germany decided to rid its homeland of the “alleged horrors” perpetrated by its own writers and artists. Specially chosen “experts” plundered Germany’s museums and private collections and confiscated, sold … Continue reading →

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Kandinsky and His Kaleidoscope of Colors

Posted on January 8, 2014 by

One of the pictures that decorated my bedroom way back in Hanover, Germany, was a concentric blue and black circle accompanied by triangles, squares, and straight and wiggly lines that look like the mast of a sailboat. Much later I … Continue reading →

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To Have and Have Not: A Visit to New York’s Neue Galerie

Posted on December 19, 2011 by

A German proverb: “Money is dirty, but one has to have it,” came to my mind as I went to see Ronald Lauder’s collection at his museum on Fifth Avenue. As always, the beauty of Beaux Arts mansion that shelters the … Continue reading →

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