France Opens New Gallery to Address Nazi-Looted Art at Musée d'Orsay
France has inaugurated a new gallery at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris dedicated to artworks looted during the Nazi era. This gallery is the first in the museum's history to focus on the orphaned masterpieces of the Nazi era, displaying paintings with visible stamps and labels that trace their journey from private homes to Nazi possession. Among the artworks is a painting by Belgian artist Alfred Stevens, originally intended for Adolf Hitler's museum in Linz, Austria. The gallery features 13 such works, part of the 2,200 unclaimed artworks known as Musées Nationaux Récupération (MNR), which were recovered from Germany and Austria post-World War II. France holds these artworks in trust for potential heirs. The initiative is part of France's ongoing effort to reckon with its role in the Nazi looting of art, a process that began in earnest in the late 20th century. 
