A POLÍTICA E A ARTE
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, a German expressionist painter, has entered the campaign for a regional election taking place in Berlin -- 68 years after his death.
The restitution last month of his 1913 painting ``Berlin Street Scene'' to a descendant of the Jewish family who owned it before World War II has sparked an indignant response from art experts and the regional parliamentary opposition.
London-based Christie's International estimates the oil painting may fetch as much as $25 million at its Nov. 8 auction in New York. Berlin's opposition Christian Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats accuse Culture Senator Thomas Flierl of handing the work back too readily and failing to inform either parliament or the public.
They questioned advocates and critics of the restitution at a parliamentary hearing today, just three weeks before the Berlin state election on Sept. 17.
The restitution last month of his 1913 painting ``Berlin Street Scene'' to a descendant of the Jewish family who owned it before World War II has sparked an indignant response from art experts and the regional parliamentary opposition.
London-based Christie's International estimates the oil painting may fetch as much as $25 million at its Nov. 8 auction in New York. Berlin's opposition Christian Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats accuse Culture Senator Thomas Flierl of handing the work back too readily and failing to inform either parliament or the public.
They questioned advocates and critics of the restitution at a parliamentary hearing today, just three weeks before the Berlin state election on Sept. 17.
E por cá, quais serão as reacções quando for tornado público o valor atribuido à Colecção Berardo ?
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