Tag: 09.23.99

Frank Gehry designs his first major laboratory as University of Cincinnati dedicates architect’s $46 million Vontz Center for Molecular Studies. “We drank some wine while we worked on it,” kidded Gehry. Chicago Tribune
     ALSO: Local reaction. Cincinnati Enquirer 9/23/99 

A Painting bought in a Nebraska junk shop for $225 and said to be a Monet is put up for auction on the internet. CBC

One of two Egon Schiele paintings looted by the Nazis and ordered returned to Austria earlier this week has been seized by supoena for US Customs. New York Times 9/23/99    

PREVIOUSLY: Return to Lender: Two paintings by Egon Schiele, looted by the Nazis, kept in the US after they arrived in the United States from Austria two years ago for a show at the Museum of Modern Art, must be returned to Austria while their ownership is investigated. So says New York’s highest court. New York Times
     ALSO: New York art dealer to stand trial in France for buying painting looted by Nazis. CBC 9/22/99
     ALSO: FOR SHOW OR FOR SHOCK: Critics debate work at Canada’s National Gallery. CBC 9/23/99
     AND: YBA (Young British Artists) show opens in San Francisco SF Examiner 9/23/99