Viennese Prosecutors Order TEFAF Klimt to be Seized
November 17 2025
Picture: artnet.com
Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:
It emerged last week that public prosecutors in Vienna have ordered the seizure of Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Prince William Nii Nortey Dowuona. The painting, which had appeared that this year's edition of TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation), is alleged to have been improperly released from Hungary (a claim which the Wienerroither and Kohlbacher Gallery deny). Click on the link for the full story.
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