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“The Swiss museum to which the late Cornelius Gurlitt bequeathed his
sizable collection on Wednesday said it plans to decide on Nov. 26
whether to accept the roughly 1,000 artworks in the trove, which
includes valuable works the Nazis looted from Jewish families.” [The
Wall Street Journal]
Larry Gagosian’s new Japanese restaurant opened last night with a
star-studded crowd that also included “John Paulson, Daniel Loeb, John
Hess, Steve Schwarzman, Peter Brant, Daniel Och, Howard Marks, Len
Blavatnik, Ronald Lauder and Ed Minskoff.” : “A guest joked of the
grand grub, “This is the only Upper East Side party I’ve seen where
all the women are actually eating.” [New York Post]
Here’s the latest on the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art [Chicago Tribune]
El Museo del Barrio’s new director, Jorge Daniel Veneciano, has big plans for the museum. [The Wall Street Journal]