ANN: Still Life with Flowers – A Case Study in the Need for an Improved Canadian Museum Restitution Procedure, Lecture by Sara Angel (Collecting and Display, 9 May 2022, 6pm BST)
This talk will address the restitution of the painting “Still Life with Flowers” (1660) attributed to Jan van Kessel II. In late 2020, the painting, which had been in the collection of the…
CONF: The Return of Looted Artefacts since 1945: post-fascist and post-colonial restitution in comparative perspective (Max Weber Foundation; 16-18 May 2022)
The Max Weber Foundation’s annual conference provides a forum for the foundation’s institutes and their research topics, as well as for other partner institutions. The event is organized and hosted by a different…
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: Spoliations d’oeuvres d’art et enjeux financiers et économiques pendant l’Occupation, lecture by Arnaud Manas (Séminaire Patrimoine spolié pendant la période du nazisme, 16 March 2022, 19:00 CET)
La nouvelle séance de notre séminaire « Patrimoine spolié pendant la période du nazisme (1933-1945) – Conséquences, mémoires et traces de la spoliation », a lieu le 16 mars. Cette séance est consacrée aux Spoliations d’œuvres d’art et enjeux…
CONF: Why are we still looking for Nazi-looted art in Italy? The importance of provenance research and negotiated solutions (Venice, Ateneo Veneto, 25 Mar 2022; also online)
The objective of this conference is to raise awareness of Nazi-looted art in Italy, emphasizing the urgent need of provenance research in Italian art collections and offering practical solutions to those who in the years…
ANN: Seminar “Patrimoine spolié pendant la période du nazisme (1933-1945) – Conséquences, mémoires et traces de la spoliation“ (INHA Paris, Feb-June 2022)
INHA / Institut national d’histoire de l’art. Galerie Colbert, auditorium Jacqueline LichtensteinFÉVRIER – JUIN 2022, 18:30 – 20:00 CET
ANN: The Return of Beauty. Restitution of Nazi-looted Art in Comparative Perspectives (University of Bonn / online, 2 Feb 2022, 18:00-20:00 CET)
This conference is the culmination of a semester-long, unique course titled ‘Nazi-Looted Art: Law and Provenance Research’, a special collaboration between the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, funded by its programme of excellency (Transdisciplinary Research…
ANN: Online Seminar: “Database on Protagonists of the French Art Market During the Occupation” (DZK / CARMAH, 24 Jan 2022, 18:00 CET; in German)
Das Deutsche Zentrum Kulturgutverluste lädt in Kooperation mit CARMAH (Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage) zur Veranstaltungsreihe „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ ein. Thema am Montag, 24. Januar, 18 Uhr, ist das kürzlich online gestellte „Repertorium der…
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…