According to legal papers filed in Connecticut, Mr Konowaloff's lawyer asserted last year that his client owned the 1888 painting and sent a draft complaint of a federal legal action.
There will be film showings, painting competitions and lecture series aimed at raising public awareness and promoting creativity and individual action for healthier oceans and coasts.
Without strong and concerted political action to address them, there will be no sustainable growth because in economics, like in painting, blue is always needed to obtain green.