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Current AffairsBrno City Hall protests as valuable Tugendhat Villa statue is sold to foreign collector
A statue by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, which used to stand in the functionalist
Tugendhat Villa in the Moravian capital of Brno, was sold to an anonymous
bidder for one million pounds on Monday. The "Torso of a Walking
Woman" was auctioned off at Sotheby's. But the decision to sell the
art in London is now influencing decision-making in the Czech Republic,
where Brno city councillors fear the Tugendhat Villa would face a similar
fate if it were returned to its original owners.
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Current AffairsBrno capitulates in dispute over Villa Tugendhat
The city of Brno has relented. Brno's city council yesterday approved a
plan to return the Villa Tugendhat, a UNESCO landmark, to the children of
the original owners. The path to giving back the historic villa, however,
won't be so simple. More
Current AffairsAfter 69 years, Tugendhat family wants villa returned
The Villa Tugendhat in Brno is the Czech Republic's only UNESCO site built
in the 20th century. Considered a masterpiece of Modernism, the opulent
family home was completed in 1930. In December, members of the Tugendhat
family submitted a petition to have the house returned to their
possession. But the city of Brno, the villa's current legal owner, doesn't
want to give it back.
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