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Is it possible to make great art under fascism?
In his biting, timely new historical novel, "The Director," Daniel Kehlmann investigates complicity through the true story of ...
Secret note found inside violin built in concentration camp: "Made under difficult conditions"
A Jewish prisoner at the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had ...
‘Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity’ celebrates a comic book legend at the Skirball
The problem facing the curators of a new exhibit on comic book creator Jack Kirby wasn’t finding enough art and archival ...
Japanese incarceration interrupted these artists’ careers, but not their art
Works by Hisako Hibi, Miné Okubo and Miki Hayakawa are featured in “Pictures of Belonging” at the Smithsonian American Art ...
Kremlin announces Ukraine ceasefire to coincide with World War II 'Victory Day'
Chesterfield's own Seagull Boy Cooper Wallace retained junior gold at the contestheld in Belgium and scored higher than ...
CAM's Art of the Bike exhibition offers fun, eye-opening ride through history
From a foldable bike used by World War II paratroopers to the souped-up Schwinn made famous in "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," a ...
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Art Institute ordered to return drawing to heirs of Jewish cabaret star killed by Nazis
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 ...
Students create literary, art works for Holocaust Remembrance Service
Every year since 1984, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church holds their annual NWLA Holocaust Remembrance Service to honor the those ...