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Nazi-Looted Painting in SS Collaborator’s Home—and More Art News

Nazi-Looted Painting in SS Collaborator’s Home—and More Art News

The Headlines IN MEMORIAM. The legendary Swiss dealer Bruno Bischofberger has died at 86, reports ARTnews. Through his eponymous gallery, founded in 1963, he brought artists famed America to audiences in Europe—and befriended many of them along the way. “I have been involved with Andy Warhol for a large part of my life as an art dealer, collector and friend,” Bischofberger wrote in 2001. He produced Warhol’s film L’amour, is credited with the idea for Warhol to make portraits of people in his entourage, and even suggested that the Pop artist collaborate with Jean-Michel Basquiat for a 1984 series of apintings. Other artists he helped champion include Francesco Clemente, Julian Schnabel, Jean Tinguely, Gerhard Richter, Sol LeWitt, and Donald Judd. He also amassed a large collections of art and design objects, which he stored in a former factory in Zurich that was redesigned by his daughter, Nina Baier-Bischofberger, and her husband, Florian Baier. “My father is a hoarder,” his daughter told W in 2015. “He always wants more, more, more.” Related Articles SKELETONS OUT OF THE CLOSET. A Nazi-looted painting by Toon Kelder, from the famous collection of …

Dealer of Warhol and Basquiat Dies at 86

Dealer of Warhol and Basquiat Dies at 86

Bruno Bischofberger, a legendary dealer who grew so close to the artists he loved that he became something like a collaborator to them, shaping art history along the way, has died at 86. His Zurich-based gallery announced his death on Saturday. Through his eponymous gallery, Bischofberger helped bring a range of American art stars to Europe, becoming a significant force in the market along the way. Founded in 1963, that gallery is still considered one of the most important ones in Switzerland, a country rich with blue-chip art spaces, and remains a mainstay not only in the international art world but also the international art press. Related Articles Among other things, the gallery is known for taking out an advertisement on the back page of every issue of Artforum, a tradition it has continued since the mid-’80s. “Bischofberger’s aesthetic is characteristically Swiss in its incredible consistency,” Artnet News was moved to note in 2015, the year that Galerie Bruno Bischofberger left its St. Moritz space and revealed plans to open a complex in Zurich. Beyond the …