Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The Pinacotheque de Paris is the black sheep among art institutions in the French capital. When the privately funded, commercial exhibition space opened in 2007, the art establishment greeted it with hostility. Shows with odd misma

"Conversation of Artists" (1913) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The work is at the Pinacotheque de Paris through March 11. "Conversation of Artists" (1913) by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The work is at the Pinacotheque de Paris through March 11. Source: Pinacotheq

The watercolor "Zwei schwarze Flecken" (Two Black Marks), (1934) by Kandinsky. The work is to be auctioned by Kunsthaus Lempertz in Cologne on Dec. 2. The heirs of Sophie Lissitzky-Kueppers, who owned the painting before World War II, say it was stolen b

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Berlin’s regional government said it will return two Expressionist paintings in the Neue Nationalgalerie museum to the heir of a Jewish textiles entrepreneur who was murdered at Auschwitz during World War II. The paintings by Karl

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- A German government panel recommended that two Expressionist paintings in Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie should be returned to the heir of a Jewish textiles entrepreneur murdered at Auschwitz in World War II. The paintings by Karl