Alissa Schapiro

associate curator and collections specialist at the Skirball Museum

Alissa Schapiro on KCRW

A new exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center details the story of one Jewish family’s fight to reclaim art that was stolen by Nazis.

LA family spent decades reclaiming a Nazi-stolen painting

A new exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center details the story of one Jewish family’s fight to reclaim art that was stolen by Nazis.

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