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Nazi Auction's Role in Founding MoMA Examined
Original: How a Nazi Auction Helped Establish the Museum of Modern Art
A new report details how a Nazi-era auction helped lay the groundwork for the establishment of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The piece revisits the institution's early history and the role that artworks sold under duress by Jewish owners may have played in building its founding collection, adding to ongoing debates about museums' reckoning with their ties to Nazi looting.
Why now: Ongoing public interest in how major museums benefited from Nazi-era art sales
Museum of Modern ArtTablet MagazineNew York
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- How a Nazi Auction Helped Establish the Museum of Modern Art · Tablet Magazine
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