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The city of Amsterdam says it will return a 1909 painting by Wassily Kandinsky hanging in the Stedelijk Museum to the heirs of Emanuel Lewenstein, a Jewish sewing-machine trader, ending a bitter, drawn-out dispute. The decision, announced 28 August, reverses the city’s earlier position following a 2018 recommendation by the Dutch Restitutions Committee to reject the heirs’ claim. It also runs counter to a court ruling last year that upheld the committee’s much-criticised decision. The years-long case sparked criticism of the Dutch government’s policy on restituting Nazi-looted art. (English)
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