‘Willie Gillis, Package From Home.’ (Courtesy Susanin Auctions, via WSJ)

Berlin museum to return three Edvard Munchs and one by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner to the heirs of a Jewish collector. [Bloomberg]

Artist Douglas Gordon outraged that a statue of his went missing from a Christie’s warehouse. [BBC]

St Petersburg’s Hermitage museum shocks with tentative steps  into the world of contemporary art. [The Guardian]

The Times takes a tour of the apartment of Laurent de Brunhoff and Phyllis Rose, illustrators of the “Babar” books. [NYT]

Work by Abdulnasser Gharem, censored from London show, lands in Amsterdam museum. [The Art Newspaper]

A 1941 Norman Rockwell painting will hit the open market for the first time, at an estimate of $3 million to $5 million. [WSJ]

Some LACMA patrons are upset about a recent hike in fees. [L.A. Times]

What can Orientalist art teach the diplomatic world? [ArtsBeat]

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