Klimt, Gustav – MOSAEC

Circe and Muse No Longer: A New Opera Reconsiders Alma Mahler

“Alma,” premiering this week at the Vienna Volksoper, views its often-vilified protagonist through a feminist lens: as a thwarted composer and mother.

By Valeriya Safronova

Art Collectors and Collections Holocaust and the Nazi Era im Kinsky Klimt, Gustav Vienna (Austria)

Long-Lost Klimt Painting Sells for $37 Million at Auction

The portrait was left unfinished in the painter’s studio when he died, and questions persist over the identity of the subject and what happened to the painting during Nazi rule in Austria.

By Scott Reyburn

Art Holocaust and the Nazi Era Jews and Judaism Klimt, Gustav

For Sale: A Rare Klimt Portrait, Valued at $32 Million. But of Whom?

The painting’s re-emergence after decades has come with a swirl of questions about its subject, one of three related teenage girls.

By Scott Reyburn