You have it all. I was using Hannah Arendt's spelling of the general's name (in her Eichmann in Jerusalem): von Hannecken.

Interesting.

Many years ago, I once checked out Arendt's books to read, but I don't think that I made it through them.

I'll give an easy one.

Name = six letters, 1st = "v"

Himself a painter and architect, he wrote a standard reference book about famous painters and architects. His name is also attached to a (object: 8 letters), whose viewing now requires an interesting reservation process.

Vasari

Corridor? (not exactly an "object," so not sure if that's what you mean)

Yes.

Maybe I should said "structure."

But you got it anyway.

ttt for cmt

cmt - I was listening to a local NPR show today, and the host was interview David Yeadon who wrote a book called
"Seasons in Basilicata: A Year in a Southern Italian Hill Village"

I bet you've probably heard of it and even read it, but I thought of you and figured I'd mention it here.

Here's a link to the radio show:
http://tinyurl.com/9v596

I'll jump start this.

A controversy broke out recently regarding an exhibition at a museum in (city: 4 letters).

It was an exhibition featuring works collected by (person last name: 4, 2nd letter "i&quot during his stay in (non-european country: 5).

One piece of artwork had to be removed from the exhibition because of the complaints it generated.

Interesting -- it's an exhibition from the "Sigg Collection" in Bern:

http://www.kunstmuseumbern.ch/frames...xh&sub=mah

The exhibition is called Mahjong.

Controversy here:

http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_art...fetus_artwork/

fetus head grated onto body of a bird (a seagull, I think)

Oh, and presumably stuff collected from a stay in China.

Clue: Name this father/son artist pair.

Last name = 5 letters.
First name of father = 7 letters.
First name of son = 9 letters.

Father had a bit of a "reputation." Son completed some of the most famous frescoes in Western art (three artists (including the son) worked on this fresco series).

111op's answer is correct. The collection on display is artwork collected by Uli Sigg, who was the former Swiss Ambassador to China.

Filippo and Filippino Lippi?

Yes, cmt. Don't wait another x weeks to give us a clue this time.

(The frescoes at Brancacci Chapel were drawn by Masolino, Masaccio, Filippino Lippi.)

An intercontinental clue this time:



_______ ________ (first name - 7 letters, 2nd is an i from Lippi and 5th is another i from Lippi; last name - 5 letters) was born in the 1650s or 1660s in ___________( 9 letters, starting with an i from Filippo) in northeastern _________(country, 8 letters, 3rd is o from Filippino). He became a merchant, ship owner, and importer in __________ (12 letters, 8th is an L from Lippi), an important American city. He moved to a country home in a place that was eventually named after him and which is now the city of _________ (7 letters, penultimate is o from Filippino). While living there, he became chief justice of the supreme court and held court in his country house.

Interesting clue.

William Trent
from Inverness, Scotland
moved to Philadelphia, then to Trenton, New Jersey

You were so quick! I worked right across the driveway from Trent's house (now a museum) for four years and used to eat a picnic lunch in its garden occasionally, but never went inside until today. I also never knew anything about him until today. Tsk tsk.

I just happened to check on Fodors when you posted your clue.

Not too difficult to figure the answer out as I sort of know which area you live in.

Another intercontinental clue (hope 111op doesn't check this too soon, as I'm sure he knows the answer right away):

This artist (4,6) was born (original given name: 6,10), in (town & country: 6&6). That town now belongs to this country (6) instead.

He was commissioned to paint a number of paintings for a chapel being built in (non-European city: 7). The Chapel was named after him.

Suffering from depression, he committed suicide 35 years ago.

First letter of his last name(s) is "R" from Inverness.

Mark Rothko (né Marcus Rothkovitch), born in Dvinsk, Russia, now in Latvia. Rothko Chapel in Houston, TX.

That's right, cmt.
I just visited Rothko Chapel earlier this week.

Another cross-continental one:

Six-part name (the last two parts added later in life) with letters 6, 6, 2, 4, 2, 7. Third letter of first name is the R from Rothko.

He was an economist, born in France, who lived part of his life in the USA. He influenced, advised and helped Americans in negotiating the ________ ________ (2 words with 9 and 8 letters; third letter of first word is i from Latvia).

His grandson's estate became a famous horticultural garden in the USA, now called _______ _______ (8 and 7 letters; second-to-last letter of first word is a o from Rothko).