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Maya Yang

Van Gogh painting on display at Detroit Institute of Art is stolen, lawsuit claims

Brazilian art collector Gustavo Soter filed a lawsuit in alleging the painting was stolen from him.
Brazilian art collector Gustavo Soter filed a lawsuit in alleging the painting was stolen from him. Photograph: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

A painting by Vincent van Gogh on display at the Detroit Institute of Art was stolen, a new lawsuit claims.

The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday by Brokerarte Capital Partners and its sole proprietor, Gustavo Soter, a Brazilian art collector. It claims the DIA borrowed the painting from an unnamed party that is not its legal owner.

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