PUBL: “The Gurlitt Art Trove – Recent Research” / “Kunstfund Gurlitt – Wege der Forschung” (in German; volume ed. by A. Baresel-Brand, N. Bahrmann, G. Lupfer, Deutsches Zentrum Kulturgutverluste 2020)
2013 wurde infolge einer Beschlagnahme der „Schwabinger Kunstfund“ in den Blick der Weltöffentlichkeit katapultiert und damit der Kunsthändler Hildebrand Gurlitt (1895–1956), bei dessen Sohn Cornelius (1935–2014) sich die Werke befunden hatten. Eine Taskforce wurde…
TIAMSA News: Online presentation “Just and Fair Solutions? – Fundamentals of a Restitution Culture for Artworks Confiscated During Nazi Persecution” by Matthias Weller (Bonn). Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 6p.m. (CEST)
The Nazi regime was obsessed with art. Hitler, Göring and others built up their own “collections” and looted works of art they were interested in from everyone and everywhere, very often from persecuted…
ANN: ‘MNR’ Works at the Musée du Louvre – A New Dataset (1738 artworks)
Dataset of of MNR works conserved at the Musée du Louvre now available. When, a few years after World War II, the so-called collecting points of the allied forces in Germany were closed,…
Lecture: The Looting of Cultural Property and the History and Memory of the Shoa / La spoliation des biens culturels : quelle juste place dans l’histoire et la mémoire de la Shoah ? (in French; INHA/online, 12 March 18:30 CET)
The Looting of Cultural Property and the History and Memory of the Shoa / La spoliation des biens culturels : quelle juste place dans l’histoire et la mémoire de la Shoah ?In French;…
ANN: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany’s most populous state, now has its own Office for Provenance Research (Koordinationsstelle für Provenienzforschung)
Mit der Gründung der “Koordinationsstelle für Provenienzforschung in Nordrhein-Westfalen” (KPF.NRW) entsteht in Kooperation mit den Landschaftsverbänden Rheinland und Westfalen-Lippe eine übergeordnete Beratungsinstanz, die die Forschungsaktivitäten in Nordrhein-Westfalen rund um unrechtmäßig entzogenes Kulturgut bündeln soll.
ANN: PhD Candidate Position on Nazi Looted Art (Maastricht University)
Maastricht University is offering one paid full-time PhD position to research Nazi looted art, for a fixed-term 4 year contract. The PhD researcher will perform research and write a thesis on the theme…
ANN: Reminder – Striving for justice? The evaluation of the Dutch restitution policy in an international context: ‘Kohnstamm Report’ (6pm CET, 3 Feb 2021)
A friendy reminder to register and submit questions for:Striving for justice? The evaluation of the Dutch restitution policy in an international context:A talk about the ‘Kohnstamm Report’ Wednesday, 3 Feb 2021 6.00 p.m. Berlin…
ANN: Lecture: Christoph Andreas – Restitution of Mural Paintings by the Painter Hans Thoma (in German; Frankfurt, Inst. für Stadtgeschichte / online; 18 Jan 2021, 18:00)
Christoph AndreasRestitution of Mural Paintings by the Painter Hans ThomaFrankfurt, Inst. für Stadtgeschichte / online; 18 Jan 2021, 18:00In German
ANN: Striving for justice? The evaluation of the Dutch restitution policy in an international context: ‘Kohnstamm Report’ (6pm CET, 3 Feb 2021)
Striving for justice? The evaluation of the Dutch restitution policy in an international context:A talk about the ‘Kohnstamm Report’ Wednesday, 3 Feb 2021 6.00 p.m. Berlin time / 7.00 p.m. Jerusalem time