News

During World War II, aircraft nose art was more than decoration - it was identity, morale, and memory. Each painted plane carried stories of courage, humor, and heartbreak. In this episode, we revisit ...
We’ll never know about all the paintings destroyed or stolen by the Nazis in World War II. Were there forgotten Vermeers?
When World War II broke out in September 1939, it swiftly became a total war. The practice of using nose art to build camaraderie and esprit de corps roared back into vogue as aerial combat took ...
The art dealer fled Belgium with his wife in 1940, as the Nazis invaded. Hartveld survived World War II, but never saw his stolen collection again. His home and paintings were reportedly sold by ...
NEW YORK-- Two art pieces stolen by Nazis during World War II were returned to the family of their original owners Friday. It's part of an ongoing effort by the Manhattan district attorney's ...
Migrant Woman (1936) might be Dorothea Lange’s most iconic work, but her photographs on assignment documenting Japanese American internment during World War II were so powerful that the U.S ...
World War II is one of the most significant events in ... of fallen soldiers and surviving veterans alike. War, deception, art and glory come together in the documentary film The Ghost Army ...
As the sun rises on this Memorial Day, we pause not only to enjoy a long weekend but to reflect on the profound meaning ...
In the annals of Nazi-looted art—that dark episode in cultural expropriation in Europe during World War II—the figure of Rose Valland is something of an enigma. To be sure, Valland (1898-1980 ...
It will be part museum, part memorial, part art gallery, part cultural hub and ... shelters built by the UK government during World War II in response to Germany’s Blitz bombing campaign ...
The Art Institute of ... that the “Russian War Prisoner” watercolor had been stolen by Nazis from Jewish cabaret star Fritz Grünbaum before the start of World War II. Grünbaum was later ...