Gurlitt hoard bequest shock

The Kunstmuseum Bern has called the huge art bequest by Cornelius Gurlitt a “bolt from the blue, since at no time has Mr Gurlitt had any connection with” the museum.

Christoph Edel, Mr Gurlitt's lawyer, phoned the museum on May 7, the day after his client died, to t…

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