CONF: Carried Away! Research into the Provenance of Museum Objects from the ‘Boxer War’ (Humboldt Forum, Berlin, 2-3 Mar 2023)
On 2 and 3 March 2023, a workshop will be held at the Humboldt Forum on the provenance research conducted as part of the collaborative project Traces of the ‘Boxer War’ in German…
CFP: Spuren des ‘Boxerkrieges’ in deutschen Museumssammlungen (Berlin, 2-3 Mar 2023)
Am 2. und 3. März 2023 lädt das vom Deutschen Zentrum Kulturgutverluste geförderte Verbundprojekt „Spuren des ‚Boxerkrieges‘ in deutschen Museumssammlungen – eine gemeinsame Annäherung“ zu einem öffentlichen Workshop nach Berlin ein. Der Workshop soll…
ANN: Research Group on Looted Art, Provenance Research and Restitution in the Netherlands (Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture, University of Amsterdam)
The spoliation of art during the Nazi-era and the Holocaust is the central focus of this research group. However, we extend it to colonial and other contexts as well. The group is concerned…
TIAMSA Member News: ANN: Conversation on Hugo Helbing with Lea Rosh and Johannes Nathan (German Lost Art Foundation / Liebermann-Villa; recording now online; in German)
Hugo Helbing (1863-1938) was one of the leading art dealers and auctioneers in Europe until c. 1933. He also owned a significant art collection. Apart from his main business in Munich, Helbing maintained a…
ANN: “Tracking looted art” – Invitation to an information event by the German Lost Art Foundation at EU level (online, 5 May 2022, 15:00 CEST)
Almost ten years have passed since the discovery of the “Gurlitt art trove” brought the Nazi regime’s looting of millions of artworks from Jewish citizens to wider public attention. In the last five years or…
ANN: Association pour le Soutien aux Travaux de Recherche Engagés sur les Spoliations – ASTRES: Assemblée générale 2022 (Paris, Musée d’art et d’histoire du judaïsme, 11 May 2022 19:30-21:30)
L’Association pour le Soutien aux Travaux de Recherche Engagés sur les Spoliations – ASTRES tiendra son assemblée générale au musée d’art et d’histoire du judaïsme le 11 mai prochain. Astres a été fondée en 2019 et…
CONF: Verstaatlicht, verkauft & vergessen? Zum Kulturgutentzug in der SBZ/DDR und der Frage nach Restitution (Stiftung Ettersberg und der Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Thüringen, 7 May 2022)
Das Wissenschaftliche Tagesseminar widmet sich dem Kulturgutentzug in der SBZ/DDR und seiner gesellschaftlichen und juristischen Aufarbeitung. Wohin gelangten die Kunstgegenstände aus verlassenen Thüringer Schlössern und Herrenhäusern in der Nachkriegszeit und welche Rolle spielte das…
ANN: The German Lost Art Foundation redesigned the website of the most extensive database worldwide for Nazi-looted art for a more up-to-date appearance and increased user-friendliness
Lost Art has a fresh face: The website of the most extensive database worldwide for the search for Nazi-looted art and so-called trophy art on www.lostart.de/en has been redesigned in a more contemporary style and…
ANN: Presentation of the Project “Digital Benin” (in English), (DZK & CARMAH / online, 11 Oct 2021, 6pm CEST)
Digital Benin (digital-benin.org) will digitally unite the globally dispersed works of art from the Kingdom of Benin and as an unparalleled forum of knowledge, it will bring together object data and related documentation…