US senators back heirs claiming Nazi-looted Schiele works

US Senators Richard Blumenthal and John Cornyn filed an amicus brief — a court submission from non-parties — backing Jewish heirs suing to recover Egon Schiele works claimed as Nazi loot, ARTnews reported 29 September 2026. Their offices said the filing, defending their Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act, supports survivors' families reclaiming confiscated art.