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  • Woman who won back family painting stolen by Nazis auctions it for $1.5M

    01/26/2022 11:29:25 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 20 replies
    Nypost ^ | 01/26/2022 | Raquel Laneri
    When she was growing up in Paris, Pauline Baer de Perignon was always told the same story about her great-grandfather, Jewish art collector Jules Strauss. Strauss — a German Jew living in Paris — owned a trove of Impressionist pictures by Renoir, Degas, Monet and many others. But the stock market crash of the 1930s forced him to sell much of his collection, leaving his heirs nothing. He died in 1943 of old age.
  • Katy Perry’s shoes pulled after ‘blackface’ backlash

    02/11/2019 3:37:32 PM PST · by OddLane · 56 replies
    NY Post ^ | 2/11/19 | Raquel Laneri
    Dear fashion people: Please stop trying to make “blackface” happen. First it was Prada. Then Gucci. Now, pop star Katy Perry (who, yes, is apparently a fashion designer) is in hot water for selling shoes that evoke — intentionally or not — the racist imagery. The styles in question — a pair of mules and some high-heeled sandals — feature eyes and big red lips, resembling minstrel makeup. TMZ reports that retailers Dillards and Walmart will pull the offending styles, though not the whole line, from their stores after facing social media backlash...