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David Van Auker, the owner of the Manzanita Ridge gallery, along with Olivia Miller, interim director and exhibitions curator at the University Museum of Art, and Ulrich Birkmaier, senior paintings conservator at the Getty Museum speak about 'Woman Ochre' mounted to their right.

Willem de Kooning's painting 'Woman-Ochre,' stolen in 1985, comes home to Tucson

Oct 8, 2022 ◇ Bianca Morales/TucsonSentinel.com

A renowned abstract expressionist painting, stolen from a University of Arizona museum in 1985, was restored and finally returned this week after being located in New Mexico in 2017. Read more»

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Willem de Kooning’s 'Woman-Ochre' is on public display at the Getty Center in Los Angeles from June 7 through Aug. 28, 2022.

After nearly 37 years, de Kooning painting stolen from UA back on public display

Jul 8, 2022 ◇ Emilee Miranda/Cronkite News

A Willem de Kooning painting stolen from the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1985 almost ended up on a wall in a New Mexico vacation rental, but now it’s back in the public eye for the first time in nearly 37 years. Read more»

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