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 …


