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To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0<\/em>Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter<\/em>.<\/p>\n KANDINSKY AT CHRISTIE\u2019S. Wassily Kandinsky<\/strong>\u2019s joyful painting,\u00a0The Colorful Life<\/em>\u00a0(1907), is headed to auction at\u00a0Christie<\/strong>\u2019s in London on October 14, after it was returned to the heirs of Nazi-persecuted Jews, reports\u00a0the\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/strong>. For over 50 years, the artwork was held at the\u00a0Lenbachhaus museum<\/strong>\u00a0in Munich, on loan from a Bavarian bank. But in 2023, the German government\u2019s special commission on Nazi-looted art concluded that the painting, which was auctioned in 1940 under unclear circumstances, should be returned to the heirs of its former owners, the Dutch Jewish director of a sewing machine factory\u00a0Emanuel Albert Lewenstein<\/strong>, and his wife,\u00a0Hedwig Lewenstein Weyermann<\/strong>. Christie\u2019s estimates the large, rare tempera and gouache painting of a festive, folkloric Russian scene, which Kandinsky made in Paris, will fetch over $30 million.<\/p>\n SMITHSONIAN\u2019S CONGRESSIONAL SIDESTEPPING<\/strong>. On Monday, the\u00a0Smithsonian Institution\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>Board of Regents approved plans to convert its existing\u00a0Arts and Industries<\/strong>\u00a0building on the\u00a0National Mall<\/strong>\u00a0into the permanent site for the\u00a0National Museum of the American Latino<\/strong>, effectively avoiding the need for Republican-controlled approval from Congress and concluding its site-selection process, reports the\u00a0New York Times<\/em><\/strong>. The board\u2019s congressional sidestep comes as the Trump administration has led a\u00a0sustained campaign\u00a0against the institution. \u201cWe could not be more excited to build on the rich legacy of this historic building,\u201d said the museum\u2019s director,\u00a0Jorge Zamanillio<\/strong>, referring to the newly designated, 19th-century structure. \u201cToday marks a major milestone in a dream and effort of decades in the making,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing the surprise announcement that the chief executive of Sydney\u2019s Powerhouse Museum<\/strong>, Lisa Havilah<\/strong>, stepped down 10 weeks before the cultural institution\u2019s opening, Arts Minister John Graham announced that a misconduct investigation has been underway into Havilah and another senior executive at the museum. [ABC News, Australia]\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tA court in Hamburg convicted and heavily fined two children of notorious German dealer\u00a0Serop Simonian<\/strong>\u00a0of money laundering related to the sale of allegedly looted ancient Egyptian artifacts, while also ordering the confiscation of 32 million euros ($37 million) in sale proceeds. [AFP,\u00a0The Art Newspaper]\u00a0<\/p>\n UK Prime Minister Andy Burnahm<\/strong>\u00a0backtracked on previous statements calling for the return of the\u00a0Parthenon Marbles<\/strong>\u00a0to Greece, noting that \u201cultimately [returning the Marbles is] an issue for the British Museum,\u201d while adding that \u201clegally that\u2019s where that issue rests.\u201d [The Financial Times]<\/p>\n \n\tThe FBI quietly returned as many as 48\u00a0looted ancient artifacts<\/strong>\u00a0to Egypt last month after a private collector in Los Angeles surrendered them amid growing suspicions about their provenance. [The Pulse]<\/p>\n \n\tSome 300 personal items, including jewelry once belonging to French star\u00a0Brigitte Bardot,\u00a0<\/strong>are headed to auction at H\u00f4tel Drouot in Paris, from September 15 to 20. [Le Figaro]<\/p>\n EMBASSY ART REMOVAL JUST THE BEGINNING?<\/strong>\u00a0The Trump administration\u2019s\u00a0aim to sell\u00a0a painting it called \u201cvery woke,\u201d by\u00a0Kehinde Wiley,\u00a0<\/strong>which hung at the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic, is likely just the beginning, reports\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/em><\/strong>. The head of Art in Embassies at the State Department,\u00a0Erin Scavino<\/strong>, confirmed on Friday that \u201cthe same review and process would apply to other works of art for which similar concerns arise.\u201d Scavino also stated that \u201cwith respect to the potential sale or other disposition of\u00a0Young Artists After Siamesas 1960<\/em>\u00a0[by Wiley], my answer remains the same: We are consulting with our legal team to determine what options are legally available and what course of action is appropriate.\u201d She added that, \u201cI would surmise that an auction would be the most appropriate,\u201d despite this being highly unusual, given the artwork was commissioned to be permanently installed in the embassy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/morning-links-september-1-2026-1234796427\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/By-Albert-Ting-2.jpg?w=1024″] To receive\u00a0Morning Links\u00a0in your inbox every weekday,\u00a0sign\u00a0up\u00a0for our\u00a0Breakfast with ARTnews\u00a0newsletter. 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