By Laura Gilbert 8/11/11 11:06am

Art

An opera coat by Paul Poiret, 1912, in the Met's collection

Breaking: Met Cancels Loans to Kremlin Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has canceled loans to the Moscow Kremlin Museum of works by French fashion designer Paul Poiret, “in response to” Russia’s art embargo, Met spokesman Harold Holzer told The Observer today.

“Paul Poiret – King of Fashion” is set to open at the Moscow museum on September 7 and was to Read More

By Laura Gilbert 7/28/11 1:02pm

Art

Court Calls Russia’s Fear of Chabad Art Seizure Legitimate

The U.S.-Russia art wars are again center stage in Chabad v. Russian Federation, the case that triggered Russia’s current embargo on lending art to U.S. museums.

In a decision issued Tuesday, the federal District Court in Washington, D.C. acknowledged that Russia’s fear that its art might be seized by Chabad, the Brooklyn-based Jewish Orthodox sect, Read More