CFP: Imperial Artefacts: History, Law, and the Looting of Cultural Property (Leiden, Jan 2021)
Call for papers for conference:Imperial Artefacts: History, Law, and the Looting of Cultural Property28-29 January 2021, Leiden UniversityDeadline: 31 Aug 2020 This interdisciplinary conference aspires to bring together (post-)colonial historians, legal historians, curators,…
ANN: New book on the Gurlitt Art Trove
The German Lost Art Foundation releases the second volume of its publication series “Provenire” The case changed the art world: When the discovery of roughly 1,500 works of art owned by the son…
ANN: Webinar – WWII-Era Provenance Research, Friday, May 1, 2020, 4 – 5 p.m. EST, The Frick Collection, New York
This webinar will provide an introduction to WWII-era provenance research. It will include a historical overview of Nazi-era confiscation activities and common challenges faced in researching artwork of this period.
ANN: Conference ‘Rose Valland, Monuments Woman – Résistance and Restitution’ (Berlin, 18 Sep 2020)
Conference – Rose Valland, Monuments Woman – Résistance and Restitution’ Jadgschloss Schorfheide nr. Berlin18 September 2020 Registration deadline: 21 Aug 2020
ANN: Postponed to Dec – Terms of Art: Understanding the Mechanics of Dispossession During the Nazi Period (New York, 1-2 Dec 2020)
This event is no longer scheduled for May 7-8, 2020. It has been rescheduled to December 1-2, 2020. In an abundance of caution for the health and welfare of all involved we have…
ANN: Seminaire – Les musées face à l’histoire. Comment montrer la spoliation et la restitution ? (Paris, 1 Apr 2020)
Lecture at the INHA, Paris from the seminar program:Heritage looted during the Nazi period (1933-1945) – Consequences, memories and traces spoliation 1818 H 30 – 20 H, 1 AvrilInstitut national d’histoire de l’art,…
ANN: International Day for Provenance Research: Events at Kunstmuseum Basel (8 Apr 2020)
Kunstmuseum Basel is holding events for International Day for Provenance Research, 17:00-19:45, 8 April 2020
ANN: Online resource for provenance research: Archives of the ‘Kunst und Antiquitäten GmbH’ (East Germany, 1973-1989)
An important resource for the research of stolen / looted cultural property in East Germany is now available for online research: The ‘Archives of the Kunst und Antiquitäten GmbH (KuA)’, the agency that,…
CFP: Looting without Restitution? The Judiciary and the Return of ‘aryanized’ Assets / Raub ohne Restitution? Die Justiz und die Rückerstattung von ‘arisiertem’ Vermögen (Berlin, 25-27 Sep 2020)
Forum Justizgeschichte e.V.25.09.2020-27.09.2020, Berlin, Wustrau/Ruppiner See Deadline: 13.04.2020 Die Auseinandersetzungen um Ernst-Ludwig Kirchners „Berliner Straßenszene” oder um den “Fall Gurlitt” haben einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit deutlich gemacht, wie präsent die Folgen der massenhaften Plünderung…