CONF: Law without Law. Conference on the Restitution of Nazi-Confiscated Art (Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt Oder, 16-17 Nov 2023)
25 years ago, in December 1998, the Washington Principles were signed at the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets. These principles asked for a new approach to the restitution of Nazi-confiscated art. Implementing this…
ANN: Seminar – Beyond Restitution: What happens to cultural objects after their return? (Online/British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London (3 Jul 2023; 16.00 – 17.15 UK time)
This hybrid event will present some of the key findings of our project entitled ‘Beyond Restitution: Exploring the Story of Cultural Objects After Their Repatriation’, which sought to offer a longer-term view on…
CONF: La restituzione dei beni coloniali. Analisi comparativa tra Italia e Svizzera (Istituto Svizzero, Rome, 7 Mar 2023)
La questione della restituzione dei beni culturali coloniali è diventata un tema importante per i musei europei. In effetti, le richieste – sia da parte degli Stati, sia delle comunità locali – stanno…
WWW: New site of the “Mission de recherche et de restitution des biens culturels spoliés entre 1933 et 1945” (M2RS), French Ministry for Culture
The “Mission de recherche et de restitution des biens culturels spoliés entre 1933 et 1945” (M2RS), attached to the French Ministry for Culture, has a new website dedicated to research on and restitution…
ANN: 25 Years of the Washington Principles: Tendencies and Theses (Bonn, 12 Jul 2023)
25 Jahre Washingtoner Prinzipien: Tendenzen und Thesen Mittwoch, 12. Juli 2023, 18.00 Uhr, LVR-LandesMuseum, Colmantstr. 14-16, 53115 Bonn, Konferenzsaal jura.uni-bonn.de/professur-prof-dr-weller
ANN: The Restitution Dialogues – Exploring the Vatican Archives (18 January 2023, 12 noon Toronto, 5 pm London, 6 pm Bonn, 7 pm Tel Aviv)
The Vatican Archives in Rome house tens of thousands of Indigenous items, many from Canada. In light of the Church’s role in Canada’s residential schools and the larger global conversation about cultural loss and…
ANN: Resolving Restitution Disputes Seminar (Institute of Art & Law; London, 27 Sep 2022)
The Institute of Art & Law will hold an in-person seminar in London on 27th September entitled “Resolving Restitution Disputes: Process, reconciliation and creativity”, run in partnership with Keystone Law. The seminar will cover…
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…
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…