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…
ANN: Max Hollein’s Reflections on The Met Collection and Cultural Property (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Read the Met Museum’s blog post by director Max Hollein who reflects on current discussions about cultural property, provides background on The Met collection, and previews several important initiatives, among them the hiring…
CONF: Das Kriterium „Handelsware vs. Privatsammlung“ – Kolloquium “Provenienz- und Sammlungsforschung” XIV (Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte München, 26 April 2023)
Im Rahmen von Forschungen zu NS-verfolgungsbedingt entzogenen Objekten wird oft die Frage gestellt, ob es sich bei den Verlusten von Kunsthändlern, die als jüdisch verfolgt wurden, um ihren Warenbestand oder aber um ihre…
ANN: Séminaire – Le procès Paul Rosenberg contre Emil Bührle, Suisse 1946-1951 (INHA Paris, 19 April 2023, 18:30-20:00)
Le procès que le marchand d’art Paul Rosenberg intenta après la Seconde Guerre mondiale à l’industriel suisse Emil G. Bührle se déroula devant le tribunal fédéral de Lausanne en 1948. Rosenberg le gagna…
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: DZK Kolloquium Provenienzforschung – Floria Segieth-Wülfert, „Spuren in situ – Kunsttechnologie und Provenienzmerkmale“ (Dt. Zentrum Kulturgutverluste, online 30 Jan 2023)
Das Deutsche Zentrum Kulturgutverluste lädt in Kooperation mit CARMAH (Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage) zur Veranstaltungsreihe „Kolloquium Provenienzforschung“ ein. Am 30. Januar 2023, 18 Uhr, hält Floria Segieth-Wuelfert einen Vortrag…
ANN / EXH: Reflecting on Restitution – 25 Years of the Washington Principles on Nazi Confiscated Art (Christie’s 2023)
The year 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of the Washington Principles – an international agreement that opened a new era of transparency with respect to art lost or stolen during the Nazi period…
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…