Open Art Data#question for #art #law people:
Where to find a link to the #court filing described in the article by #NBC #Chicago?
Art Institute of Chicago showed ‘willful blindness' in buying Nazi-looted art, New York #prosecutors say
A 160-page filing by the #Manhattan district attorney’s office lays out its case contending the work of art was #stolen by the #Nazis from cabaret star Fritz Grunbaum and later #laundered through art dealers before arriving in New York.
Art Institute of Chicago showed ‘willful blindness' in buying Nazi-looted art, New York prosecutors say
The Art Institute of Chicago has been accused of exhibiting “willful blindness” to evidence suggesting it was purchasing artwork stolen during the Holocaust when it acquired a drawing that authorities say was looted by the Nazis. The damning allegations were made in court documents filed in New York last week that argue the Art Institute benefited from a decadeslong “conspiracy…