Tag: restitution
British Museum: Why Director Hartwig Fischer Resigns – Culture
Unspectacular, but very much appreciated: the German Hartwig Fischer has been director of the British Museum in London for seven years. Now it’s becoming clear why he’s giving up. When…
Nazi-looted art in Munich: Bayern LB wants to return Kandinsky paintings
So now it is: Wassily Kandinsky’s “The Colorful Life” from the Munich Lenbachhaus is being returned to the Jewish Lewenstein family who own it. They had lost the work in…
Debate about Nazi-looted art: Bavaria demands restitution law – culture
The dispute over the famous Picasso painting “Madame Soler” in the Bavarian State Painting Collections has turned into a fundamental debate. For Art Minister Markus Blume (CSU), the matter is…
Benin bronzes for investigations in Fürth: measuring the looted art
Scientists are digitizing 26 of the famous objects before returning to Nigeria. In the future, this should enable access for researchers and interested parties all over the world – and…
Restitution of Nazi-looted art: A suggestion from legal practice – culture
The auction of the painting “Self-Portrait, Reclining” by Max Pechstein from 1909 has now been postponed to autumn. It belonged to a Jewish doctor fleeing the Nazis, and its upcoming…
Kandinsky “The Colorful Life” -Restitution – Culture
“The Colorful Life”, a major work by Wassily Kandinsky, hangs in Munich’s Lenbachhaus. Now it could be returned. A major work by Wassily Kandinsky, “The Colorful Life” from 1907, is…
Academy of Arts returns a sketchbook by Max Liebermann – Kultur
A sketchbook by Max Liebermann is restituted by the Berlin Academy of Arts and returned to the heirs of Max and Martha Liebermann. According to a press release by the…
Munich City Museum restitutes apostle figure – Munich
The Munich City Museum is restituting a late medieval apostle figure to the heirs of the Munich antiquarian Jacques Rosenthal (1854 – 1937). Joint research with the Central Institute for…
Controversy over the return of the Benin bronzes – culture
It was an unprecedented event: 1130 of the most important and valuable works of art in Africa, the Benin bronzes, changed hands last year after more than a century. 20…