Signals / 05 Apr 2026
A landmark New York court ruling has handed the estate of Holocaust victim Oscar Stettiner legal title to Modigliani's 'Seated Man With a Cane' (1918), stripping the Nahmad family of a work they've held for decades after an 11-year fight. This is significant because it transforms provenance risk from a reputational concern into a fully adjudicated, judicially enforced liability—and every serious collector with Modigliani works in their portfolio needs to take stock today. On a quieter note, Megan Plunkett's solo debut at Emalin in London is the kind of first-stage institutional signal worth filing away for a Discovery-tier artist to watch.
Holocaust-era restitution risk has become a hard legal reality, not just a due-diligence checkbox—Modigliani holders with murky WWII-era provenance should be on alert
Megan Plunkett opens solo exhibition at Emalin, London—a gallery with a strong curatorial track record championing emerging artists
Emalin has a credible eye for artists who develop institutional followings—worth tracking Plunkett for a second signal (critical coverage, museum interest) before committing, but she's now on the radar.
retrospective · Discovery · Megan Plunkett'Nature Morte, 1982–1988' group exhibition opens at Ehrlich Steinberg through April 18, surveying still-life work from a specific historical period
Worth a visit if the genre or era interests you, but without knowing which artists are featured, there's nothing actionable here yet—follow up if specific names emerge from the coverage.
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