Looted Art
Informal Expert Discussions
ArchivesChair:
- Michael Kurtz (United States, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration)
- Patricia Kennedy Grimsted (United States, Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University) - Documenting Looted Art:Perspectives from the Archives of the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg (ERR)
Appendix - Petr Bednařík (Czech Republic, Documentation Centre of Property Transfers of Cultural Assets of WW II. Victims) - Archive Research on the Issue of Lost Works of Art in the Czech Republic
- Anne Georgeon-Liskenne (France, French Foreign Office/Archives) - French Archival Sources and Researches About Cultural Jewish Property, Spoiled by Nazis before 1945
- Božena Kovářová (Czech Republic, Moravian District Archive in Brno) - Archival Records in the Moravian District Archive in Brno
- Marc Maurovsky (United States) - A New Paradigm for Restituting Looted Cultural Property
Chair:
- Inge van der Vlies (Netherlands, Hoogleraar Staats- en Bestuursrecht) - Kunst en Recht
- Graham Beal (United States, Detroit Institute of Art) - Four Cases from One Museum, Four Different Results
- Agnes Peresztegi (Hungary, Commission for Art) - Recovery, Restitution or Renationalisation
- Lynn Nicholas (United States, Independent) - The Washington Principles:Ten Years Later
- Jean-Pierre Bady (France, CIVS) - Restitution and Compensation in four Countries of Western Europe: Belgium, France, Luxemburg and Netherlands
- Raymond J. Dowd (United States, Dunnington Bartholow and Miller LLP) - Fritz Grunbaum’s Stolen Art Collection: Legal Obstacles To Recovery
Chair:
- Michael Franz - Koordinierungsstelle für Kulturgutverluste (To be confirmed)
- Shauna Isaac (United Kingdom, Sage Recovery) - Technology and the Accessibility of Information
- Mečislav Borák (Czech Republic, Documentation Centre of Property Transfers of Cultural Assets of WW II. Victims) - Identification of Works of Art Belonging to the Holocaust Victims and the Possibility of Restitution to the Original Owners
- Anna Rubin (United States, Holocaust Claims Processing Office) - Presumptions: Applying Lessons Learned from Compensation Programs
- Miriam Friedman Morris (United States) - Artist David Friedmann: A Daughter's Search for Lost and Stolen Art
- Angelika Enderlein (Germany, Bundesamt für zentrale Dienste und offene Vermögensfragen) - Introduction of the new database on the "Central Collecting Point Munich" (CPP)
Panels
Panel 1: Legal IssuesChair:
- Charles A. Goldstein (United States, Commission for Art Recovery)
- Olaf S. Ossmann (Germany, IAJLJ) - One Collection, One Persecution, One Deseizin - but Different ideas of " Just and Fair Solutions" Hurdles in Different National Processes for Heirs of Art Collections
- Georg Heuberger (Germany, Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany) - Holocaust - Era Looted Art: A World-wide Overview
- Marc-André Renold (Switzerland, The University of Geneva) - The Renewal of the Restitution Process: Alternative Dispute Resolution Methods
- Stephen Knerly Jr. (United States, Association of Art Museum Directors) - Selected Issues for American Art Museums Regarding Holocaust Looted Art
- Norman Palmer (United Kingdom, Spoliation Advisory Panel) - Integrity, Transparency and Pertinacity in the Treatment of Holocaust-Related Art Claims
Chair:
- Anne Webber (UK, Commission for Looted Art in Europe)
- Nawojka Cieslinska-Lobkowicz (Poland, Freelance Art Historian and Provenance Researcher) - The Obligation of the State or a Hobby of the Few. The Implementation of the Washington Principles in Poland
Cieslinska_Lobkowicz_Prague-Presentation.ppt (394,5 kB) - Lucian Simmons (United States, Sotheby's) - Provenance and Private Ownership: Just and Fair Solutions in the Commercial Art Market
- Helena Koenigsmarková (Czech Republic, Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague) - The Experience of the Museum of Decorative Art in Prague with Looted Objects in Its Collection and Their Identification
- Monica Dugot (United States, Christie's) - Impact of the Washington Conference Principles on Art Market Practices: Moving the Discussion Forward
- Felicitas Thurn (Austria, Dorotheum) - Dorotheum: Provenance Research and Due Diligence in the Art Trade in Central Europe
Panel 3: Provenance Research
Chair:
- Charlotte van Rappard-Boon (Netherlands, Inspectorate for Cultural Heritage)
- Carla Shapreau (United States, University of California, Berkeley) - Musical Cultural Property: The Nazi Era and Post-War Provenance Challenges
- Uwe Hartmann (Germany, Arbeitsstelle fur Provenienczrecherche) - Project Related Promotion of Provenance Research in Germany, Taking Stock after the First Year
- Jacques Lust (Belgium, Belgian Federal Science Policy) - Provenance and World War II: Art, Research and Illusion
- Nancy Yeide (United States, National Gallery of Art) - Provenance Research in American Museums
- Sophie Lillie (Austria, Independent) - The Blacklash Against Claimants
A brief summary of WG Looted Art conclusions and experts’ recommendations.
Preparatory meeting
- 2.-3.4 Paris
