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Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History

Art History Mystery: Gustav Klimt's The Golden Lady

March 30, 2026·14 min
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When is a masterpiece more than a masterpiece? In this episode of Art Happens: The Divine Mess of Art History, James William Moore follows the glittering, complicated trail behind Gustav Klimt’s famous Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I—often called Woman in Gold. What begins as a story of beauty, luxury, and Viennese modernism becomes something much deeper: a story of Nazi theft, museum power, historical memory, and the long fight for restitution. James unpacks how this dazzling portrait beca...

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