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  • Major U.S. Museums Are Fighting to Prevent the Return of an Allegedly Stolen Van Gogh

    10 days ago - By Observer

    More than 70 museums across the U.S. are urging a federal appeals court to prevent the return of a Vincent Van Gogh painting to a Brazilian collector who claims to be its rightful owner.
    Doing so would subvert a 1965 federal law which protects the seizure of temporary artwork on display and subsequently restrain the future of international art loans and exhibitions, according to the museums.
    Litigation over Van Gogh's 1888 The Novel Reader began in January, when Gustavo Soter filed a lawsuit against the Detroit Institute of Arts , where the work was on display for a temporary Van Gogh...
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  • Signature Entertainment Reveals Key U.K., U.S. Roles

    Signature Entertainment Reveals Key U.K., U.S. Roles

    10 days ago - By Variety

    Distribution and production company Signature Entertainment has revealed four new executive roles across the U.K. and U.S. Kristin Ryan joins Signature's London office as marketing director. Ryan was most recently head of home entertainment marketing at Studiocanal where she led the home entertainment releases of both films in the Paddington franchise, “The Railway Children Return”...
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