Archive
Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.
Klimt
+2
Oct 4, 2026
•
3 min read
Maria Altmann, 82, took Austria to the Supreme Court for a portrait of her aunt
Maria Altmann, the Supreme Court, and the portrait Austria called Woman in Gold
Klimt
+2
Sep 27, 2026
•
3 min read
Every June, Klimt left Vienna for a lake and painted nothing anyone argued about
Every summer at the Attersee, a square hole cut in cardboard, and pictures nobody fought about
Klimt
+2
Sep 20, 2026
•
3 min read
The Beethoven Frieze was painted to be destroyed. It outlived everyone who owned it.
Painted for a ten-week show in 1902, looted in 1938, sold under pressure in 1973
Klimt
+2
Sep 13, 2026
•
3 min read
Klimt bought his own paintings back from the state
Three university ceilings, eighty-seven professors, one parliamentary debate, 30,000 crowns returned
Art
+2
Sep 6, 2026
•
3 min read
Monet’s last portrait of Camille
Camille Monet at Vetheuil, September 1879, and what Monet told Clemenceau forty years later
