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$100 million painting stolen from the University of Arizona is back on exhibit.

Willem de Kooning's 'Woman-Ochre' was stolen in 1985 and seriously damaged. The restored painting will be on view at the Getty starting next week.

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More than 30 years after it was cut from its frame, ripped from its backing, rolled up, and stolen from the University of Arizona Museum of Art (UAMA), Willem de Kooning’s painting Woman-Ochre (1954 – 1955) will once again be seen by the public in the exhibition Conserving de Kooning: Theft and Recovery. The painting will go on view at the Getty Center June 7 – August 28, 2022, after undergoing a challenging and long-awaited conservation treatment. Stolen from the museum in 1985, the ...

When “Woman-Ochre” goes on view at the Getty Museum after its conservation, the painting will have a new mystique. But competing interpretations remain.