Nina Siegal

Amsterdam

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Culture Writer at The New York Times

Culture writer for The New York Times from Amsterdam. Author of three novels and a forthcoming nonfiction book. Mom, dog owner, kickboxer

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Articles

Van Gogh or not?

2 weeks ago | thestar.com.my | Nina Siegal

STUART Pivar, a 94-year-old chemical engineer in New York, has spent a lifetime collecting art and antiques. His collection of around 300 pieces includes works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock, Edgar Degas – and a portrait of himself by his friend Andy Warhol.
Hiding 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' From the Nazis

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Nina Siegal

At first it went to a bomb shelter in the basement of a museum, then an art bunker built into the dunes on the North Sea in the Netherlands. Toward the end of the war it was hidden in a secured cave in Maastricht, a Dutch city near the Belgian border.
Van Gogh or faux? Weeding out fakes is starting to take a toll

3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Nina Siegal

The sign Vincent on the back of the canvas of the Auvers, 1890, part of Stuart Pivar's collection. Photo / Peter Fisher, The New York TimesAttributing a work to the artist generally requires authentication by the Van Gogh Museum, but lawsuits and an influx of requests have made it reassess that role. Stuart Pivar, a 94-year-old chemical engineer who lives in New York, has been collecting art and antiques since he was a child.
When the Wild Child Egon Schiele Grew Up

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Nina Siegal

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. On Oct. 27, 1918, Egon Schiele sketched his wife, Edith, pregnant and feverish in bed. She died from influenza the next day. He died three days later. Edith, 25, and Egon Schiele, 28, were two of an estimated 50 million victims of the flu pandemic that began sweeping through Europe that year.
Van Gogh or Faux? Weeding Out Fakes Is Starting to Take a Toll.

1 month ago | rethinking65.com | Nina Siegal

Stuart Pivar, a 94-year-old chemical engineer who lives in New York, has been collecting art and antiques since he was a child. He estimates he has picked up about 300 pieces over the years, including a portrait of himself by his friend Andy Warhol and paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock and Edgar Degas. Pivar is also convinced that he owns an unsung masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, a large landscape titled “Auvers, 1890” that is signed “Vincent” on the back.
Van Gogh or Faux? Weeding Out Fakes Is Starting to Take a Toll.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Nina Siegal

Stuart Pivar, a 94-year-old chemical engineer who lives in New York, has been collecting art and antiques since he was a child. He estimates he has picked up about 300 pieces over the years, including a portrait of himself by his friend Andy Warhol and paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock and Edgar Degas. Pivar is also convinced that he owns an unsung masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, a large landscape titled "Auvers, 1890" that is signed "Vincent" on the back.
Anselm Kiefer Wonders if We'll Ever Learn

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Nina Siegal

Anselm Kiefer's new installation seems to envelop the grand staircase of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Paintings reach from floor to ceiling in colors of oxidized copper and gold leaf. Army uniforms stiffened with splattered paint hang at eye level. Dried flower petals tumble down the canvases onto the floor. A self-portrait of Kiefer as a young man lies at the base of one panel, with a tree growing out of his chest.
At the Bonnefanten Museum, Artists Try to Imagine a Better World

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Nina Siegal

A two-legged unicorn pulls a wooden chariot draped in purple velvet. Nearby, a bejeweled gold dog dressed in a purple and pink jacket plays next to a laundry line, where a film is projected onto a dangling sheet, drying in the wind. This is the utopian vision created by the Sinti artist Morena Bamberger in an art installation she calls "Sonnekaskro Djiephen," or "a life of gold." It imagines a world in which her people, who used to be nomadic, could still travel anywhere on wooden wheels.
The Netherlands to return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria

2 months ago | theartnewspaper.com | Nina Siegal |Catherine Hickley |Gareth Harris

The Netherlands has become the latest country to agree to return the Benin Bronzes, works of art looted by the British from the Kingdom of Benin, in present-day Nigeria, in 1897. The Dutch government returned 119 objects, including brass and bronze sculptures, plaques, ornate pendants, and other objects stolen from shrines and altars.
Their Pleas for Help to Escape the Nazis Went Unanswered.

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Nina Siegal

In late November 1939, when life for many Jews in Europe was dissolving, Jakob Aufrichtig in Paris penned a letter to the Committee for Jewish Refugees in Amsterdam. He was gravely concerned about his mother, Rachela, who was in her 50s and living alone in Vienna. German officials had ordered her to vacate her apartment, threatening to deport her to Dachau, a Nazi concentration camp, if she didn't. Aufrichtig asked the committee for its help in relocating her to the Netherlands.