A Holocaust Restitution, a Newly Discovered Rembrandt, and a Native American Artist at the Biennale

I’ve been writing about miniskirts, transvestite potters, dog portraits, Picasso, and El Greco over the past few weeks, but art news happens. Once a month or so, I cover the most piquant and teachable stories.

It’s more than a coincidence that one news story — a huge restitution of art seized during the Holocaust — should happen just a few days before the barbaric attack on Israel. Hamas, with help from a cast of kingpins and enablers, targets civilians, most young, with a purpose and passion of Nazi proportions. Hundreds in places such as Harvard rally in support of Hamas. Call them kooks, or sadists, or educated beyond their intelligence, but they show a dark side of our own country.