Proposed new laws make a splash in Germany's art world
Gallery owners, dealers, artists, collectors angry at proposal to monitor and limit art that is exported for sale
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ON Friday, the portraits of Elke and Franz Dahlem vanished from a room in the Albertinum modern art museum in Dresden, Germany, dedicated to the art of Georg Baselitz. So did other works from the 1960s and a limewood sculpture of the artist's wife, her mournful eyes and lips outlined in crimson.
In all, nine paintings and a sculpture on long-term loan were withdrawn by Mr Baselitz, his part in a growing protest of legislation proposed by the German government to monitor and limit art exported for sale.
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