Record-setting Klimt portrait helped woman avoid Nazi persecution

By Scott Detrow,

Sarah Handel, Daniel Ofman

Published November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM EST

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Laura Morowitz, art history professor at Wagner College, about the incredible back story behind a Gustav Klimt painting that set a record at auction.

Scott Detrow

Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

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Sarah Handel

Daniel Ofman

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