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Museums are purging their collections of looted treasures. Can they also get something in return? And what does it mean to be a museum in the 21st century? (Part 3 of an updated series originally published in 2023.) SOURCES: Patricia Allan, museum consultant, former curator of world cultures for the Glasgow Museums. Andrea Bayer, deputy director for collections and administration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Victor Ehikhamenor, Nigerian writer and artist. Patty Gerstenblith, professor emeritus of law at DePaul University College of Law. Tom Wilkening, professor of economics at the University of Melbourne. RESOURCES: "After Seizures, the Met Sets a Plan to Scour Collections for Looted Art," by Robin Pogrebin and Graham Bowley (The New York Times, 2023). "Nigeria Benin Bronzes: Buhari Declaration 'Blindsides' Museum Officials," by Barnaby Phillips (B.B.C., 2023). "Shared Stewardship and Ethical Returns Policy," by the Smithsonian Ethical Returns Working Group (2022). "Protecting Antiquities: A Role for Long-Term Leases?" by Michael Kremer and Tom Wilkening (Working Paper, 2015). EXTRAS: “Stealing Art Is Easy. Giving It Back Is Hard,” series by Freakonomics Radio (2023). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Bongani Bingwa is joined by Adam Gilchrist to unpack major global stories making headlines, including Canada’s renewed military expansion amid rising geopolitical tensions and increased defence spending. They also discuss the discovery of a Nazi-looted painting linked to a famous Jewish art collection in the Netherlands, as well as a shocking incident in Brazil where a salon client allegedly stabbed a hairstylist after accusing him of ruining her hair. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio7See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Bongani Bingwa is joined by Adam Gilchrist to unpack major global stories making headlines, including Canada’s renewed military expansion amid rising geopolitical tensions and increased defence spending. They also discuss the discovery of a Nazi-looted painting linked to a famous Jewish art collection in the Netherlands, as well as a shocking incident in Brazil where a salon client allegedly stabbed a hairstylist after accusing him of ruining her hair. 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa is broadcast on 702, a Johannesburg based talk radio station. Bongani makes sense of the news, interviews the key newsmakers of the day, and holds those in power to account on your behalf. The team bring you all you need to know to start your day Thank you for listening to a podcast from 702 Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 06:00 and 09:00 (SA Time) to Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa broadcast on 702: https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/36edSLV or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/zEcM35T Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio7See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The ravages of the Holocaust and post-World War II led to the theft and disappearance of art, archives, and personal assets. Join Jonathan Brent and Howard Spiegler for a discussion on the quest to recover and preserve these cultural treasures. This discussion originally took place on March 23, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
The ravages of the Holocaust and post-World War II led to the theft and disappearance of art, archives, and personal assets. Join Jonathan Brent and Howard Spiegler for a discussion on the quest to recover and preserve these cultural treasures. This discussion originally took place on March 23, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies
The ravages of the Holocaust and post-World War II led to the theft and disappearance of art, archives, and personal assets. Join Jonathan Brent and Howard Spiegler for a discussion on the quest to recover and preserve these cultural treasures. This discussion originally took place on March 23, 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/art
France just made it easier to return looted artifacts from the colonial era. Sacred objects. Royal treasures. So what does that mean for China, a country that lost countless relics to foreign powers over the past two centuries? /For Travel China through film EP3, our picks today is "The Grandmaster". So where will this journey take us (18:10)? On the show: Steve, Yushan & Yushun
THE PROSECUTION OF VERRES Colleague Josiah Osgood. Cicero takes on the corruption trial of Gaius Verres, the governor of Sicily who looted art and money from the province. Although Cicero usually defended clients to earn favors, he prosecuted Verres to align with political shifts demanding reform. Verres was backed by the Senateestablishment and Sulla's followers, making Cicero's move a bold attack by an outsider against a "crooked establishment" to cleanse the government. NUMBER 2 1464 YOUNG CICERO
It's September, and the art world is back to business. In this month's episode of the Art Angle Round-Up, we're diving into the stories making headlines from Buenos Aires to New York—and even into the fantastical worlds of Frank Frazetta. We start with a remarkable development out of Argentina, where a couple has been charged with concealing looted art. Then, we turn to the gallery scene, where art superstar Jeff Koons is once again on the move, returning to Gagosian after ditching Pace. And finally, we celebrate a record-breaking sale in the fantasy art market: Frazetta's iconic Conan the Barbarian painting Man Ape fetched $13.5 million, more than doubling his previous auction record. Joining Kate Brown to unpack these stories is co-host Ben Davis, along with returning art market expert Eileen Kinsella.
It's September, and the art world is back to business. In this month's episode of the Art Angle Round-Up, we're diving into the stories making headlines from Buenos Aires to New York—and even into the fantastical worlds of Frank Frazetta. We start with a remarkable development out of Argentina, where a couple has been charged with concealing looted art. Then, we turn to the gallery scene, where art superstar Jeff Koons is once again on the move, returning to Gagosian after ditching Pace. And finally, we celebrate a record-breaking sale in the fantasy art market: Frazetta's iconic Conan the Barbarian painting Man Ape fetched $13.5 million, more than doubling his previous auction record. Joining Kate Brown to unpack these stories is co-host Ben Davis, along with returning art market expert Eileen Kinsella.
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Send us a textTo learn more, please visit Dr. Hartung's site. 2:30 Jonathan Petropoulos' Faustian Bargain: The Art World in Nazi Germany2:50 Hartung's 2005 book, Art Theft in War and Persecution 3:25 representation in 2014 of Cornelius Gurlitt regarding the Gurlitt Trove5:20 Gurlitt exemplifies issues with Germany's soft law towards art restitution6:50 twelve works from Gurlitt Trove confirmed as looted7:15 works from Gurlitt Trove with historical gaps in provenance8:50 Germany's task force – 5 million Euros 10:20 degenerate art in Gurlitt Trove11:10 works on loan from private collections seized as degenerate 11:40 Paul Klee's “Swamp Legend” from Sophie Küppers13:30 Kandinsky's “The Colorful Life”–Irma Klein / Lewenstein Family17:10 Germany's shift from advisory commission to an arbitration tribunal 22:30 restitution of “The Colorful Life"23:40 "Blick in Ebene" by Paul Adolf Seehaus to Koppel heirs24:10 Gibb's "Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy" to Hartveld heirs24:35 Sir Justice Moses, chair of UK's Spoliation Advisory Panel26:00 restitution-Waldmüller's “Young Girl with Her Family” looted from Teresa Belthower; acquired by Nazi photographer Heinrich Hoffmann28:00 looted art scandal at Bavarian State Painting Collections 30:50 suit over Friedrich von Amerling's “Girl with a Straw Hat”37:05 Emily Gould–restitution by Bavaria versus other German states 39:55 no formal restitution schemes in Spain and Belgium41:25 whistleblower from Bavarian State Painting Collections42:50 Markus Stötzel, attorney for Flechtheim heirs 44:00 Picasso's “Madame Soler” taken from Paul von Mendelssohn-Bartholdy; Bavaria refused to accept its body's restitution recommendation 47:20 Hartung's view of justice48:00 Germany's arbitration system-public versus private holders of work50:40 new framework's guidelines-presumptions and burden 53:55 new framework's guidelines-dealers and work on commission55:50 Hartung's hope to contribute to higher justice and remembrance57:20 Stolpersteine 1:01:55 Aluko, Stein & Gould Please share your comments and/or questions at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.comMusic by Toulme.To hear more episodes, please visit Warfare of Art and Law podcast's website.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast and/or for information about joining the 2ND Saturday discussion on art, culture and justice, please message me at stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. Thanks so much for listening!© Stephanie Drawdy [2025]
Steve and Katie talk with their colleague, Tom Kline, about the Nazi's program of remaking European culture, the enormous theft and displacement of art that occurred as part of that program, and the efforts of the heirs of Jews displaced during World War II to reclaim art and cultural property. The discussion focuses on the Washington Principles, the updated best practices issued upon their 25th anniversary, and how claims for restitution have changed over this time. Notes for this episode: https://artlawpodcast.com/2024/05/13/the-25th-anniversary-of-the-washington-conference-principles-and-where-we-are-on-nazi-looted-art/ Follow the Art Law Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artlawpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artlawpodcast
In this episode, Alex takes a break from politics to get into one of his passions — ART! It was reported over the last few days that a painting by Gustav Klimt, that had been lost since 1925 and assumed destroyed, had been found in Vienna. The painting is called “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser” and belonged to a wealthy Jewish family in Vienna. Alex talks about how the painting will be auctioned off based on agreements made from the Washington Principles. This agreement was designed to return Nazi-looted art to the descendants of those it was taken from. Alex rants about why looting and destruction of great works of art breaks his heart and discusses why movements like fascism and communism are devoid of emotion and warmth.
What should we done with stolen treasures? The BBC's culture editor, Katie Razzall, confronts colonialism's legacy with world affairs editor John Simpson. John also finds out if victory is finally in sight for the Ukrainians. Security correspondent Frank Gardner thinks it might be if they can push past the Russians' strong defences - but not all Ukrainians are up for fighting. Eastern Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe has been on the trail of those who risk life and limb to escape the front line. Plus, who might fill the vacuum left by first French and now UN troops leaving Mali - Wagner or jihadis? Beverly Ochieng from BBC Monitoring reveals a precarious state of affairs.
The Nazi regime looted thousands of pieces of art during WWII and has left us with a truly crazy story of theft and reparation. Click here to view the show notes.
When an Austin-area antique dealer bought a 52-pound marble bust for $35 at a Goodwill store, she thought she might have a special find. But she may not have known how special. The bust turned out to date back to the first century and was likely carried back to the United States by a soldier returning from World War II, says Laura Young, the woman who purchased it. Shimrit Lee, the author of the book Decolonize Museums, explains that plunder and destruction during wars are common.
Poverty rates in Germany, queues at airports and returning Benin bronzes to Nigeria…The share of the German population living in poverty is at an all-time high, travelers wait long hours at airports, and German museums finally give back some Benin bronzes to their rightful owners.If you'd like to read along, you can find the transcript for this episode here: https://bit.ly/3B7FlTR
Several museums are working to return art looted during the colonial era.
Zainab Usman is a senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. This week, she talks to Rachel about the importance of economic diversification in Africa and how it can contribute to a more climate resilient Africa. In the news wrap, Kim and Rachel talk about the killing of a fearless Somali female MP, Kenyan country music, and the Zimbabwean president's party (ZANU PF) losing support in the polls.Books, Links, & ArticlesZainab Usman, senior fellow and director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceEconomic Diversification in Nigeria: Fractious Politics and the Paradox of Prosperity by Zainab Usman "From Nashville to Nairobi: A History of Country Music in Kenya" from Afropop Worldwide"Female Opposition MP Among Dozens Killed in Somalia Bombings" by Kaamil Ahmed "Kingdom Comeback: The Spectacular Return of Benin's Looted Art" by Ayodeji Rotinwa "Zanu-PF Trounced in Zimbabwe Parliamentary and Municipal By-elections" by Frank Chikowore "Financing Political Parties in Africa: The Case of Zimbabwe" by Chipo DendereHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill Gates The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance by Eswar Prasad "Taxation, Political Accountability and Foreign Aid: Lessons from Somaliland" by Nicholas Eubank Previous Episodes We MentionedEp. 103: A conversation with Cyril Obi of the African Peacebuilding Network
The Supreme Court issued its anticipated rulings on the Biden administration's vaccine rules affecting millions of Americans, as the justices continue to hear cases in the first oral-argument sessions of 2022. Cases and Controversies hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin recap the vaccine opinions and give a sneak peek of upcoming arguments on Jan. 18 and 19. Those hearings include disputes over religion in Boston, Nazi-looted art in Spain, campaign finance in the Ted Cruz campaign, and criminal sentencing under the Trump-signed First Step Act of 2018. Do you have feedback on this episode of Cases & Controversies? Give us a call and leave a voicemail at 703-341-3690.
The Shmooze visits with curator Sam Sackeroff to talk about Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art, currently on exhibit at the Jewish Museum in New York. The exhibit of paintings, drawings, and Judaica focuses on the seizure and movement of artworks as they traveled through distribution centers, sites of recovery, and networks of collectors before, during, and after World War II. Episode 311 November 4, 2021 Yiddish Book Center Amherst, MA
A new exhibit at the Jewish Museum focuses on art stolen during World War II, and the process of recovery. The exhibit features looted works by artists such as Pierre Bonnard, Marc Chagall, Paul Cézanne, Gustave Courbet, Paul Klee, Franz Marc, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Camille Pissarro, alongside new commissions. Curators Darsie Alexander and Sam Sackeroff join us to discuss the exhibit, "Afterlives: Recovering the Lost Stories of Looted Art." The exhibit runs at the Jewish Museum through January 9, 2022.
To learn more, please visit MARI's website.Show Notes4:00 German culture of memory5:00 MARI-first collaboration between German public institutions and Holocaust victims7:00 Historical question addressed about Rudolph Mosse as art lover8:50 location of objects related to politicians and individuals in culture scene of Mosse's day 11:00 Hanns Fechner's portrait of German writer Theodor Fontane held by daughter of Nazi finance Minister Hjalmar Schacht16:00 Venus Chasing Cupid-sculpture localized during first phase of MARI17:00 sculpture not included in Nazi arranged auction of Mosse collection19:00 MARI contact with those believed to hold works from Mosse Collection20:30 Tel Aviv Museum – tapastries and Jozef Israels' From Darkness to Light25:00 Historical justice achieved by making history visible 26:00 MARI's impact-to prompt scrutiny of provenance of collections27:30 size of Mosse's collection28:30 MARI's first phase began in early 201731:00 MARI's staff assignment34:00 Hoffmann's work on Gurlitt project as researcher and task force member35:00 portal database for MARI – starts with resources not objects40:00 Hoffmann began first academic training program for provenance research in 201141:30 Adolph Menzel painting – no trace since 1934 auction43:15 expertize outside of MARI for Eyptian antiquities and Benin Bronzes46:30 Gurlitt work50:00 Frie University's degenerate art program52:30 Hoffman's work as Brücke Museum curator54:40 International Circle of Provenance Research member59:50 exhibitions that show provenance research1:02:00 Artist Maria Eichhorn 1:03:00 Hoffmann curated 2019 exhibition Escape Into Art? 1:06:00 future of degenerate artists To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2021]
Below is the email for Dr. Jacques Schuhmacher: j.schuhmacher@vam.ac.ukThe following is a link for more information on the Victoria & Albert Museum's Concealed Histories Exhibit.SHOW NOTES 3:30 importance of provenance research regarding potential for Nazi-looted art in collections outside of countries that had been occupied by the Nazis 7:35 provenance gaps in Gilbert Collection didn't raise concerns when the Gilberts were acquiring the collection; 9:40 Nazi-looted art found in U.S. collections in the 1990s, making this an issue for the international art market 10:55 Unclear provenance of snuffbox from Gutmann Collection 15:50 massive red flags raised by some objects like the Louis XVI enameled gold snuffbox looted from Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild18:30 Decisions about restitution of looted art are not made by UK museums but by a panel of experts19:45 The only restitution to date by the V&A has been of Meissen pieces.22:05 even after Monuments Men joined the museum, an unbroken chain in provenance was not necessary; acquisition protocol in the U.K. didn't change until 199823:40 Deaccession laws in the UK under the Heritage Act were changed with the U.K.'s Holocaust Act 2009 35:30 no claims for works in the Gilbert Collection37:35 Victoria & Albert Musuem's Concealed Histories. 38:38 Magdala1868 exhibition of Ethiopian cultural objects inspired V&A'sConcealed Histories.41:35 MacKenzie Mallon with the Nelson-Atkins Museum had put on the Discriminating Thieves exhibition, which was a huge inspiration for V&A's Concealed Histories. 42:50 Provenance research into Nazi-looted art detached from other types of provenance research 44:45 Ethiopian Embassy negotiations for return of objects looted during Colonial era 45:00 Long-term loans used to return work that is subject to deaccession laws; example being long term loan of silver item stolen during church festival in Spain46:45 In 1999, discovered that V&A had bought in 1950s a silver item without realizing it was stolen in the 1890s in Spain; object has been on long-term loan since 200548:25 Gilbert collection is on 100+ years long term loan50:00 Museum Association guidelines for restitution claims being updated 51:15 Virtual loans52:49 Notion of digital restitution 54:30 upcoming provenance research handbook for researchers in English-speaking countries 57:30 idea of a mega-website arose from the 1998 Washington Conference to allow cross-referencing to identify objects58:35 no replacement for archival research1:01:50 His provenance research at the V&A outside of the Gilbert Collection includes newly acquired objects, loaned objects and objects for which questions are raised1:05:15 He studied history and did PhD in German/Allied war crimes then worked at London's Commission for Looted Art1:07:50 Student inquiries about provenance research welcome To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2021]
We see beautiful art from all over the world in museums. But a lot of those artifacts have complicated histories. Countries those artifacts are from have been asking for their return. We take a look at some of the artifacts and see what their background.
Efforts to return artwork stolen during the Holocaust to their rightful owners has been building. But the restitution process has minimal rules, requires painstaking research, is characterized by uncomfortable exchanges, lawsuits, and sometimes reluctant museums. Earlier this year, controversy surrounded the return of one piece from the Art Gallery of Ontario, potentially to the wrong family. As many commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, The Agenda puts a lens to returning Nazi-looted art. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What even is provenance? In our first Hansplaining episode, Hannah introduces the concept of provenance and through a list of 3-ish things articulates its relevance for both those within the field of museum studies and those outside of it. And thanks to a framework created by Daniel Tiger of all people (animals?), we discuss what it means to think about the way museums acquire objects, give you language to talk about the issue, and encourage everyone to construct a plan. The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage: Toward a New Relational Ethics (2018) by Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution (2020) by Dan Hicks Over These Walls by Hope and Social is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
The international market for rare archaeological artefacts can be extremely lucrative, providing a huge incentive for looters keen to get rich quick. In recent years, wars and instability in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Egypt have seen priceless artefacts plundered. They have later turned up on the global art market. It then falls to specialist teams to sort the legitimate items from the stolen ones. Our colleagues at France 2 report, with FRANCE 24's James Vasina.
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Please visit the websites of the Max Stern Art Restitution Project and the Stern Cooperation Project to learn more.To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.Show Notes:3:30 Dr. Korte's initial inquiries in Düsseldorf4:00 Galerie Stern dealt in Old Masters and 19th / early 20th Century artists4:30 Dr. Korte's research of Nazi records and post-war restitution claims5:50 Stern inventory sold in November 1937 at Lempertz auction house in Cologne, Germany7:00 Stern's 1933-1938 inventory 9:30 post-war restitution proceeding confirmed the 1937 auction was a sale under duress11:30 Stern's art pursued as stolen property12:50 Max Stern Art Restitution Project is the only project of its kind on behalf of a foundation only13:30 Girl from the Sabiner Mountains sold at the 1937 Lempertz Auction; surfaced in Rhode Island auction house 14:50 Civil litigation over Sabiner Mountains focused on 1937 Auction as a sale of stolen propertyPhases I – III Approach of Restitution:16:20 Phase I: Stern team prevailed in Sabiner Mountains case with argument that sales under duress are the same as seizures and confiscations, and Stern's 228 paintings were sold as stolen property17:30 Stern approached Customs Service at U.S. Attorney's Office in S.D.N.Y. to have remaining 227 paintings reported to Interpol as stolen property19:50 August 1935 Order from Nazis required Stern to shut gallery, creating period of persecution that ran until 1937 auction21:25 Phase II: Italian gallery that held painting sold in 1935-1937 period in its collection ignored requests from project that painting be returned; painting then seized while it was in New York; stipulation signed confirmed work sold in 1936 was sold under duress23:10 Phase III: 2019 German Advisory Commission recommended return of painting sold by Stern in 1936, “Uhlans on the March”, and concluded Stern was under duress as of spring/summer 193325:00 Project will now pursue hundreds of paintings sold as of mid-193327:00 Private collectors in Europe are not held to German Advisory Commission's recommendations or Washington Principles; German private collector of Sicilian landscape by Andreas Achenbach sold by Stern in 1937 has refused to return it and initiated litigation, alleging painting was wrongfully listed as stolen with Interpol.35:00 Dynamic within Germany's Commission changed after appointment of two Jewish members.36:45 Paintings sought are mostly on German art market with some Dutch Old Masters expected to appear on European/ U.S. markets.43:20 Bruegel painting returned by the Dutch Government.44:30 Dutch museum refused to return another painting; recent criticism of Dutch commission for its handling of claims may be invitation to again request return of work from Dutch Museum.47:00 Dutch government may have thought these claims were only P.R. problem.48:00 Jewish gallery owners are challenging group seeking restitution. 52:45 Dr. Korte discusses how justice is part of the Project's work and losses that have occurred thus far.58:00 Stern Cooperation Project is a German-Canadian-Israeli scholarly research project focused on the Stern family.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2021]
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To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.Show Notes:3:00 Simon Goodman's background that led to writing The Orpheus Clock4:30 Location of first looted painting in Chicago in 1995 led to first restitution suit in U.S. 7:00 Nazi inventories and handwritten note by Gutmann gave evidence of looted works; works were sent for safekeeping in Switzerland, the Netherlands and the U.S.10:30 Anne Webber's documentary about the Gutmann story, Making a Killing17:00 Post-war, claimants were required to file individual claimants; Goodman's father, for example, filed over 1,000 individual claims with the Dutch government20:00 Goodman's senate judiciary testimony to extend the statute of limitations for restitution claims; issues that make locating works difficult include change of dimensions, titles, attributions, etc.24:00 Avoiding litigation in favor of negotiations 30:00 6-7 successful restitutions from Dutch Committee with one pending and a claim to be filed against a museum in the Hague 32:00 Goodman's complaints to Dutch Committee about its change of direction to deny claimants based on revisionist thinking that museums have feelings and care about what's in storage; and adoption of the concept of good and bad heirs35:00 Right of inheritance and right to private property are international principles that should be observed39:00 Potential claims for return of Goodman's family home Bosbeek; expectation that one in a concentration camp was still expected to pay their mortgage and property taxes; and government refusal to re-write laws to address these types of injustices41:00 Shares of the bank that the family founded in Germany42:00 Simon focuses on the art because searching for beautiful thinks makes the search tolerable compared with searching for the missing insurance policies43:00 Impediments to heirs include lack of evidence 49:00 The Orpheus Clock was used as the title of the book because of its symbolism on many levels, including that it was the first direct restitution from a German official body 51:00 Restitution for Simon's grandmother's fur coats52:00 Restitution of Orpheus Clock triggered need to revive family trust and to create compact with remaining cousins, which helped to restore familial relationships broken by the Holocaust To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2020]
The following are links for Jerry Alonzo, Andrew Smith, Taylor Cobb, and Conner Reddan. To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.Show Notes:Legal and Arts Careers1:45 Lutswata Enid8:50 Taylor Cobb24:45 Conner Reddan38:00 Andrew Smith47:50 Jerry AlonzoDefining Justice and Identifying Social Justice Issues1:19:00 Lutswata Enid1:23:00 Conner Reddan1:27:00 Taylor Cobb1:36:00 Andrew Smith Perseverance and Mapping Injustice1:54:45 Taylor Cobb1:55:35 Jerry Alonzo To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2020]
To learn more, please visit Janet Berg's website.To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.Show Notes: 3:30 Katz Gallery targeted by Nazis as of 1938/39.4:00 Katz family's survival based on a Rembrandt painting6:30 Bergs hired Lynn Nicholas, author of Rape of Europa, to research art looted from Katz Gallery8:45 Rembrandt's Portrait of Raman was exchanged with Nazis for 25 Jewish lives, returned by Dutch Government and donated to the L.A. County Museum10:30 Characters in Rembrandt's Shadow based on family12:45 Family first became aware of location of looted paintings when visiting a Dutch museum and began research 15:00 Different manifestations of trauma from Holocaust20:00 Family escaped to Jamaican internment camp25:30 Katz Gallery's inventory meant for the Führermuseum in Linz, Austria and for Göring27:00 Family is still seeking the return of 144 paintings from Dutch Government28:00 Dutch Government currently possesses paintings looted from Katz Gallery and considers the artwok its national treasure29:00 Nazis gave appearance of legitimacy to sales by Katz Gallery31:15 Berg's second book, RestitutionTo leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2020]
This episode focuses on Nazi art dealer Hildebrand Gurlitt, recent findings about the history of the art he held, and ongoing efforts to return Nazi-looted art found in his collection, which was in the possession of his son, the late Cornelius Gurlitt. To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.Show Notes:1:30 Hildebrand Gurlitt exhibited modern artists, including German Expressionists 2:30 Gurlitt began work for Nazis; he gathered art for the Führermuseum and was authorized to liquidate degenerate art4:25 Hildebrand's son, Cornelius, inherited his father's collection 5:20 German tax investigation led to locating approximately 1,500 works in Cornelius' residences in Munich, Germany and Salzburg, Austria6:20 Claim by Alfred Flechtheim's heirs for Beckmann's The Lion Tamer8:00 Kunst Museum Bern inherited Gurlitt's collection8:30 Manet's Ships at Sea in Stormy Weather was sold to Tokyo's National Museum of Western Art8:50 Gurlitt Art Find: Paths of Research 10:15 27,000 documents from Gurlitt's estate provide unreliable information about sales11:00 Thomas Couture's Portrait of a Seated Woman11:40 Paul Cezanne's Mont Sainte-Victoire12:20 To date, 14 looted works have been returned to heirs, including Henri Matisse's Woman with a Fan and Max Liebermann's Two Riders on a Beach 13:50 Questions arising from the Gurlitt Collection: how can right and wrong be so easily blurred? 15:00 Why, in the shadow of mass murder, is the stealing of art important? Because small steps of hate, like theft of a people's culture, lead to larger steps.To leave questions or comments about this or other episodes of the podcast, please call 1.929.260.4942 or email Stephanie@warfareofartandlaw.com. © Stephanie Drawdy [2020]
This introductory episode discusses the true-life war stories to be shared in the coming episodes of this podcast. Each story is rooted in true events, ranging from Nazi-looted art to graffiti.To view rewards for supporting the podcast, please visit Warfare's Patreon page.© Stephanie Drawdy [2020]
This week, we sit down with Seth Mandel, Executive Editor of Washington Examiner Magazine, and Batya Ungar-Sargon, Opinion Editor at The Forward, to discuss the changing U.S. political landscape and what’s at stake for American Jews. Then, 75 years after the end of World War II, the fight to recover art and heirlooms looted by the Nazis and return them to their rightful owners and heirs continues. Joining us to discuss this important mission are Dr. Wesley Fisher, Director of Research for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and the World Jewish Restitution Organization, and Olaf Ossman, the lawyer for the heirs of Richard Semmel, a family in South Africa that has been fighting since 1999 to recover lost art.
It's a one-time podcast discussing the topic of looted art from a postcolonial perspective. This episode is an outcome of a seminar project at Freie Universität Berlin prepared by Victoria, Gesa, Janika, Brinda, Anna and Sebastian. This podcast is part of a postcolonial theories seminar. We are open to criticism and debate. You can email us at: stolenartpostcolonial@gmail.com This podcast is our attempt to make sense and understand an ongoing debate: We are aware that we cannot cover the entire conversation, nor can we truly comprehend the experiences of those affected by stolen cultural property. We were inspired and motivated to look at the topic of “looted art” from a postcolonial perspective by several current developments in German and French politics as well as some restitutions by museums in Europe, which were all extensively covered in the online media as well as on social media.
Show Notes This week, we recap and review Mobile Suit Gundam episode 16 (15 in the US), "Sayla's Agony," discuss our first impressions, and provide commentary and research on: Song Dynasty ceramics, art looting in wartime, armies and salt, siblings on opposite sides of WWII, and Lop Nur, the probable inspiration for "Lop Lake" in this episode.- Overview of Song ceramics, specifically aimed at collectors.- About the planned Führer Museum in Linz, and the art storage facilities hidden in mines, Merkers and Altaussee.- Outline of Japanese colonial rule in Korea and the "Three Alls" principle.- The Kin no Yuri / Yamashita's gold conspiracy theory.- About looted artifacts in Japanese museums and the art black-market in Japan.- And an article and a book about looting!B. Gaudenzi & A. Swenson, ‘Looted Art and Restitution in the Twentieth Century – Towards a Global Perspective’, Journal of Contemporary History, DOI: 10.1177/0022009417692409, final author manuscript.Liu, Zhuozhen, "The Case for Repatriating China's Cultural Objects," Springer, Feb. 25, 2016. - Historical facts about salt, and an explanation of hyponatriemia/low blood sodium.- List of times that siblings wound up on the opposite sides of wars, including many examples older than those we discuss in this episode.- News articles from the LATimes and CNN about the Akune and Oka brothers.- All about Lop Nur, the inspiration for this episode's salt-lake, "Lob Lake."You can subscribe to the Mobile Suit Breakdown for free! on fine Podcast services everywhere and on YouTube, follow us on twitter @gundampodcast, check us out at gundampodcast.com, email your questions, comments, and complaints to gundampodcast@gmail.com.The intro music is WASP by Misha Dioxin, and the outro is Long Way Home by Spinning Ratio, both licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license. Both have been edited for length. Mobile Suit Breakdown provides critical commentary and is protected by the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. All Gundam content is copyright and/or trademark of Sunrise Inc., Bandai, or its original creator. Mobile Suit Breakdown is in no way affiliated with or endorsed by Sunrise Inc. or Bandai or any of its subsidiaries, employees, or associates and makes no claim to own Gundam or any of the copyrights or trademarks related to it. Copyrighted content used in Mobile Suit Breakdown is used in accordance with the Fair Use clause of the United States Copyright law. Any queries should be directed to gundampodcast@gmail.comFind out more at http://gundampodcast.com
Steve and Katie discuss the Nazis’ complicated and perverse relationship with fine art with attorney and author Nicholas O’Donnell. Nick is the author of the recent book, A Tragic Fate: Law and Ethics in the Battle Over Nazi-Looted Art, which tells the story of stolen and appropriated art in World War II Europe and how the U.S. legal system has been instrumental in dealing with claims for restitution decades later. Steve, Katie and Nick start with the historical landscape in 1930s Europe, and discuss some the most contentious and ongoing disputes. Resources: https://www.sandw.com/professionals-Nicholas-ODonnell.html https://www.amazon.com/Tragic-Fate-Ethics-Battle-Nazi-Looted/dp/1634257332 https://www.amazon.com/Rape-Europa-Europes-Treasures-Second/dp/0679756868 https://www.state.gov/p/eur/rt/hlcst/270431.htm https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/31/arts/design/the-story-behind-woman-in-gold-nazi-art-thieves-and-one-paintings-return.html https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/cranach-s-adam-and-eve-timeline-of-a-decade-long-legal-battle https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-monuments-men-180949569/
Over the course of World War II, the Nazi party stole hundreds of thousands of works of art. Today, more than seven decades after the end of the war, there are still some 100,000 artworks that are missing. On this episode, we discuss the restitution of Nazi-looted art—that is, the ways in which these works are returned (or, in some cases, not returned) to the heirs of the original owners.
E. Randol Schoenberg, the grandson of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, is an expert in handling cases involving looted art and the recovery of property stolen by the Nazi authorities during the Holocaust. He tells the story here of his most prominent case, “Republic of Austria v. Altmann” which resulted in the successful return of six paintings by Gustav Klimt, including the “Golden Lady,” to their rightful owners. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29174]
E. Randol Schoenberg, the grandson of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, is an expert in handling cases involving looted art and the recovery of property stolen by the Nazi authorities during the Holocaust. He tells the story here of his most prominent case, “Republic of Austria v. Altmann” which resulted in the successful return of six paintings by Gustav Klimt, including the “Golden Lady,” to their rightful owners. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29174]
E. Randol Schoenberg, the grandson of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, is an expert in handling cases involving looted art and the recovery of property stolen by the Nazi authorities during the Holocaust. He tells the story here of his most prominent case, “Republic of Austria v. Altmann” which resulted in the successful return of six paintings by Gustav Klimt, including the “Golden Lady,” to their rightful owners. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29174]
E. Randol Schoenberg, the grandson of the composer Arnold Schoenberg, is an expert in handling cases involving looted art and the recovery of property stolen by the Nazi authorities during the Holocaust. He tells the story here of his most prominent case, “Republic of Austria v. Altmann” which resulted in the successful return of six paintings by Gustav Klimt, including the “Golden Lady,” to their rightful owners. Series: "Library Channel" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 29174]
Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg presents an illustrated talk focusing upon five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen by the Nazis from the Viennese family of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer in 1938. As a result of a landmark case that Schoenberg argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Klimt paintings, valued at over $325 million, were returned by Austria to their rightful heir in 2006. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 28044]
Los Angeles attorney E. Randol Schoenberg presents an illustrated talk focusing upon five paintings by Gustav Klimt that were stolen by the Nazis from the Viennese family of Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer in 1938. As a result of a landmark case that Schoenberg argued before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Klimt paintings, valued at over $325 million, were returned by Austria to their rightful heir in 2006. Series: "Taubman Symposia in Jewish Studies" [Humanities] [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 28044]
A tale of a tiny painting, set against a large canvas of war, politics and looted art in Charle's Wheeler quest to solve a 50-year mystery.
Charles Wheeler is on the trail of art seized by the Soviets at the end of World War II
At the end of World War Two, as Nazi Germany lay in ruins, millions of works of art were secrety shipped back to Russia by the Soviet Army. Charles Wheeler now investigates their fate and the political row that still surrounds them in Looted Art.
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