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Nazi Art Looting in Holland

Wartime records offer an uncensored window into the art market.

Political art goes home.

Anja Foerschner | December 16, 2016

A military officer finds inspiration in Renaissance art.

Alec McPike | August 29, 2016

The battle that launched the culture clash of World War I.

A closer look at two propaganda posters from World War I

Two classics screen for the war’s centenary.

Jim Hemphill | October 28, 2014

Tiny, feverish watercolors by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner express the anxious hopes of an entire generation of European artists.

Anja Foerschner | August 1, 2014

Looted by the Nazis, these five treasures were returned to their owners after World War II and now make their home in Los Angeles.

Lyra Kilston | February 7, 2014

Rare documents and photographs in the Research Institute’s collections tell the real-life story of key Monuments Men (and Women).

“What makes a man risk his life to save someone else’s life, much less a work of art?”

The Civil War captured in early photographs, from young New Yorkers headed to the battlefield to Robert E. Lee one week after the surrender.

An ancient Greek gravestone preserves the memory and courage of warrior Pollis.

David Saunders | November 12, 2012