An Austrian court has ruled that Austria should give back five paintings by Gustav Klimt to a California woman says were stolen from her Jewish family by the Nazis. “The Austrian arbitration court determined the country is legally obligated to give the paintings to Maria Altmann, the heir of the family who owned them before the Nazis took over Austria in 1938, the Austria Press Agency reported.”
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Rebuilding New Orleans – Start With Culture
A New Orleans commission says that rebuilding the city ought to start with rebuilding its culture. “After the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina in late August, “no one doubts that the first order of business for New Orleans is to rebuild the levees and address the enormous need for shelter,” the report says. “But it is New Orleans culture, our musical, visual, culinary, architectural, literary and graphic arts, that has always drawn people to visit, to live in, and to invest in our city. And it is our culture that will bring back the city that we love.”
Fliter Wins Gilmore Award
Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter has been chosen the winner of the $300,000 Gilmore Artist Award. “Ms. Fliter was among about 450 pianists nominated in a poll of music professionals and was chosen from a final handful by six judges from the music world who stealthily heard her perform in Washington and Tokyo as well as on privately made live recordings.”