#lootedart — Public Fediverse posts

Associated Press: New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums. “Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz. This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the […]

Associated Press: New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums. “Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz. This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the […]

Associated Press: New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums. “Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz. This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the […]

Associated Press: New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums. “Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz. This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the […]

Associated Press: New laws trigger a fresh legal fight over Nazi-looted art in Los Angeles and Auschwitz museums. “Jewish heirs of Holocaust victims and their representatives have filed two lawsuits in California staking their claims to Nazi-looted paintings that still hang on the walls of prominent museums in Los Angeles and Auschwitz. This pair of lawsuits are the first to be filed after the […]

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Courthouse News: California museum sued over Renaissance painting looted by Nazis. “The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, faces a new lawsuit to recover a pair of life-size Renaissance paintings confiscated by the Nazis when the Jewish owners had to flee the Netherlands in 1940.”

Artnet: This New A.I. Chatbot Hunts Nazi-Looted Art. “The New York-based Center for Art Law estimates that between 1933 and 1945, Nazis either stole or forced the sale of 650,000 artworks. Researchers at California-based Santa Clara University have joined the quest to repatriate the 100,000 looted relics still at large by creating the A.I. Provenance Assistant, a new chatbot trained to comb […]

Artnet: This New A.I. Chatbot Hunts Nazi-Looted Art. “The New York-based Center for Art Law estimates that between 1933 and 1945, Nazis either stole or forced the sale of 650,000 artworks. Researchers at California-based Santa Clara University have joined the quest to repatriate the 100,000 looted relics still at large by creating the A.I. Provenance Assistant, a new chatbot trained to comb […]

Artnet: This New A.I. Chatbot Hunts Nazi-Looted Art. “The New York-based Center for Art Law estimates that between 1933 and 1945, Nazis either stole or forced the sale of 650,000 artworks. Researchers at California-based Santa Clara University have joined the quest to repatriate the 100,000 looted relics still at large by creating the A.I. Provenance Assistant, a new chatbot trained to comb […]

Artnet: This New A.I. Chatbot Hunts Nazi-Looted Art. “The New York-based Center for Art Law estimates that between 1933 and 1945, Nazis either stole or forced the sale of 650,000 artworks. Researchers at California-based Santa Clara University have joined the quest to repatriate the 100,000 looted relics still at large by creating the A.I. Provenance Assistant, a new chatbot trained to comb […]

Artnet: This New A.I. Chatbot Hunts Nazi-Looted Art. “The New York-based Center for Art Law estimates that between 1933 and 1945, Nazis either stole or forced the sale of 650,000 artworks. Researchers at California-based Santa Clara University have joined the quest to repatriate the 100,000 looted relics still at large by creating the A.I. Provenance Assistant, a new chatbot trained to comb […]

Nancy Wiener Scandal: How a Global Antiquities Trafficking Network Fooled Museums for Decades #NancyWiener #AntiquitiesTrafficking #ArtCrime #StolenArtifacts #CulturalHeritageCrime #IllicitAntiquities #LootedArt #ArtSmuggling #MuseumScandal #ProvenanceFraud https://www.gsnsp.com/nancy-wiener-antiquities-trafficking/

https://www.europesays.com/britain/10224/ London’s V&A launches webpage exploring provenance of its objects – The Art Newspaper #London #LootedArt #Museums&Heritage #Provenance #Victoria&AlbertMuseum

https://www.europesays.com/uk/882290/ London’s V&A launches webpage exploring provenance of its objects – The Art Newspaper #Britain #England #GreatBritain #london #LootedArt #Museums&Heritage #Provenance #UK #UnitedKingdom #Victoria&AlbertMuseum

The Conversation: Looted African belongings must be returned: is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter. “In our recent article we explained how we see this difference, and why the work of restitution restores people’s power over their future, and gives them a sense of agency. We argue that, for its part, repatriation has come to represent something less concerned with […]

The Conversation: Looted African belongings must be returned: is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter. “In our recent article we explained how we see this difference, and why the work of restitution restores people’s power over their future, and gives them a sense of agency. We argue that, for its part, repatriation has come to represent something less concerned with […]

The Conversation: Looted African belongings must be returned: is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter. “In our recent article we explained how we see this difference, and why the work of restitution restores people’s power over their future, and gives them a sense of agency. We argue that, for its part, repatriation has come to represent something less concerned with […]

The Conversation: Looted African belongings must be returned: is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter. “In our recent article we explained how we see this difference, and why the work of restitution restores people’s power over their future, and gives them a sense of agency. We argue that, for its part, repatriation has come to represent something less concerned with […]

The Conversation: Looted African belongings must be returned: is it repatriation or restitution? The words we use matter. “In our recent article we explained how we see this difference, and why the work of restitution restores people’s power over their future, and gives them a sense of agency. We argue that, for its part, repatriation has come to represent something less concerned with […]

In his books The Orpheus Clock (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2015) and the forthcoming The Prince Vanishes, Simon Goodman recounts his family’s story, which includes the first Nazi looting case settled in the United States and the first major restitution in the Netherlands since the post-war era.

#WorldWar2 #WW2 #NaziLooting #WW2Restitution #LootedArt #MissingArt

https://www.christies.com/en/stories/simon-goodman-lost-amsterdam-6e8abf3cf14144699eac6cd1f1fb9c07

In his books The Orpheus Clock (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2015) and the forthcoming The Prince Vanishes, Simon Goodman recounts his family’s story, which includes the first Nazi looting case settled in the United States and the first major restitution in the Netherlands since the post-war era.

#WorldWar2 #WW2 #NaziLooting #WW2Restitution #LootedArt #MissingArt

https://www.christies.com/en/stories/simon-goodman-lost-amsterdam-6e8abf3cf14144699eac6cd1f1fb9c07

In his books The Orpheus Clock (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2015) and the forthcoming The Prince Vanishes, Simon Goodman recounts his family’s story, which includes the first Nazi looting case settled in the United States and the first major restitution in the Netherlands since the post-war era.

#WorldWar2 #WW2 #NaziLooting #WW2Restitution #LootedArt #MissingArt

https://www.christies.com/en/stories/simon-goodman-lost-amsterdam-6e8abf3cf14144699eac6cd1f1fb9c07

In his books The Orpheus Clock (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2015) and the forthcoming The Prince Vanishes, Simon Goodman recounts his family’s story, which includes the first Nazi looting case settled in the United States and the first major restitution in the Netherlands since the post-war era.

#WorldWar2 #WW2 #NaziLooting #WW2Restitution #LootedArt #MissingArt

https://www.christies.com/en/stories/simon-goodman-lost-amsterdam-6e8abf3cf14144699eac6cd1f1fb9c07

In his books The Orpheus Clock (Scribner/Simon & Schuster, 2015) and the forthcoming The Prince Vanishes, Simon Goodman recounts his family’s story, which includes the first Nazi looting case settled in the United States and the first major restitution in the Netherlands since the post-war era.

#WorldWar2 #WW2 #NaziLooting #WW2Restitution #LootedArt #MissingArt

https://www.christies.com/en/stories/simon-goodman-lost-amsterdam-6e8abf3cf14144699eac6cd1f1fb9c07

Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/old-master-painting-giuseppe-ghislandi-looted-by-nazis-argentina-property-listing

#ArtHistory #OldMasterPaintings #LootedArt #NaziTheft #JewishArtDealer #LateBaroquePainting #Portraiture #Argentina

Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/old-master-painting-giuseppe-ghislandi-looted-by-nazis-argentina-property-listing

#ArtHistory #OldMasterPaintings #LootedArt #NaziTheft #JewishArtDealer #LateBaroquePainting #Portraiture #Argentina

Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/old-master-painting-giuseppe-ghislandi-looted-by-nazis-argentina-property-listing

#ArtHistory #OldMasterPaintings #LootedArt #NaziTheft #JewishArtDealer #LateBaroquePainting #Portraiture #Argentina

Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/old-master-painting-giuseppe-ghislandi-looted-by-nazis-argentina-property-listing

#ArtHistory #OldMasterPaintings #LootedArt #NaziTheft #JewishArtDealer #LateBaroquePainting #Portraiture #Argentina

Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing

Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/26/old-master-painting-giuseppe-ghislandi-looted-by-nazis-argentina-property-listing

#ArtHistory #OldMasterPaintings #LootedArt #NaziTheft #JewishArtDealer #LateBaroquePainting #Portraiture #Argentina

#invitation #arthistory #event September 15!

"Provenance and Restitution: Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people"

We will explore how Wikidata can help looted art researchers to identify hidden networks and restore lost information. For full description see:

https://kulturgutverluste.de/meldungen/kolloquium-provenienzforschung-shared-knowledge-graphs-tool-recovering
#wikidata #lootedart #knowledgegraphs #arthistory @Curator #Holocaust #provenance #restitution #culturalheritage #museum #berlin

#invitation #arthistory #event September 15!

"Provenance and Restitution: Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people"

We will explore how Wikidata can help looted art researchers to identify hidden networks and restore lost information. For full description see:

https://kulturgutverluste.de/meldungen/kolloquium-provenienzforschung-shared-knowledge-graphs-tool-recovering
#wikidata #lootedart #knowledgegraphs #arthistory @Curator #Holocaust #provenance #restitution #culturalheritage #museum #berlin

#invitation #arthistory #event September 15!

"Provenance and Restitution: Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people"

We will explore how Wikidata can help looted art researchers to identify hidden networks and restore lost information. For full description see:

https://kulturgutverluste.de/meldungen/kolloquium-provenienzforschung-shared-knowledge-graphs-tool-recovering
#wikidata #lootedart #knowledgegraphs #arthistory @Curator #Holocaust #provenance #restitution #culturalheritage #museum #berlin

#invitation #arthistory #event September 15!

"Provenance and Restitution: Shared knowledge graphs as a tool in recovering looted cultural heritage and the histories of marginalized people"

We will explore how Wikidata can help looted art researchers to identify hidden networks and restore lost information. For full description see:

https://kulturgutverluste.de/meldungen/kolloquium-provenienzforschung-shared-knowledge-graphs-tool-recovering
#wikidata #lootedart #knowledgegraphs #arthistory @Curator #Holocaust #provenance #restitution #culturalheritage #museum #berlin

Argentina recovers Nazi-looted painting missing for 80 years after surfacing in online listing

By&nbspTheo Farrant&nbsp&&nbspAP Published on 04/09/2025 – 11:54 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT For nearly 80 years, Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a…
#NewsBeep #News #Artsanddesign #Argentina #Arts #ArtsAndDesign #Design #Entertainment #lootedart #nazis #Painting #stolenart #UK #UnitedKingdom #video
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/113810/

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41.

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41.

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41.

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41.

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

Portraits by Eugene Zak (1884-1926

Eugeniusz Zak was born to an assimilated Jewish family in what is now Belarus. Zak’s father died in 1892 + his mother moved to Warsaw with her 8 year old son. At 16 he moved to Paris + there participated in the creation of the group Rytm, formed by artists of the Polish avant-garde. His career ended suddenly when he died of a heart attack at 41

Galerie Zak was run by the artist's widow, Jadwiga. It had a reputation as one of the most interesting galleries on the left bank, sponsering shows of Polish + Jewish artists including Kandinsky's 1st Parisian one-man show. Galerie Zak was looted + liquidated by French collaborators + Jadwiga + her son were murdered in Auschwitz by the Nazis. Many of the looted artworks are still missing.

#eugenezak #eugehiuszzak #art #artist #artworld #galeriezak #jewishartist #jewishart #lootedart #portraits #portraitart skunst #künstler #peintre #peinture

AFP: Finland returns sacred stool looted by France to Benin. “Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred ‘katakle’ three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation’s artistic wealth looted by French colonial troops in the late 19th century. The stool was the missing piece from 27 items of cultural treasure from the royal palaces of Abomey, inhabited by the kings of the west […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/afp-finland-returns-sacred-stool-looted-by-france-to-benin/

AFP: Finland returns sacred stool looted by France to Benin. “Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred ‘katakle’ three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation’s artistic wealth looted by French colonial troops in the late 19th century. The stool was the missing piece from 27 items of cultural treasure from the royal palaces of Abomey, inhabited by the kings of the west […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/afp-finland-returns-sacred-stool-looted-by-france-to-benin/

AFP: Finland returns sacred stool looted by France to Benin. “Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred ‘katakle’ three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation’s artistic wealth looted by French colonial troops in the late 19th century. The stool was the missing piece from 27 items of cultural treasure from the royal palaces of Abomey, inhabited by the kings of the west […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/afp-finland-returns-sacred-stool-looted-by-france-to-benin/

AFP: Finland returns sacred stool looted by France to Benin. “Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred ‘katakle’ three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation’s artistic wealth looted by French colonial troops in the late 19th century. The stool was the missing piece from 27 items of cultural treasure from the royal palaces of Abomey, inhabited by the kings of the west […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/afp-finland-returns-sacred-stool-looted-by-france-to-benin/

AFP: Finland returns sacred stool looted by France to Benin. “Benin on Tuesday received from a Finnish museum a sacred ‘katakle’ three-legged stool, symbol of the African nation’s artistic wealth looted by French colonial troops in the late 19th century. The stool was the missing piece from 27 items of cultural treasure from the royal palaces of Abomey, inhabited by the kings of the west […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/16/afp-finland-returns-sacred-stool-looted-by-france-to-benin/

🟠 Abendvortrag: Digital Benin: Looting, Provenance and Art Market Patterns
📅 26. Mai, 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr
💻 online, https://tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62192214002?pwd=GA9fIdjSWevmr40ge0QTv91PqE9YKy.1&utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=SODa%40fedihum.org
In diesem Vortrag stellt Dr. Felicity Bodenstein das Projekt Digital Benin vor, das einen umfassenden Zugang zum kulturellen Erbe bietet. Es verdeutlicht die Komplexität der Provenienzforschung für diese geraubten Objekte & zeigt Lücken in der Dokumentation auf.
#ProvenanceResearch #LootedArt

🟠 Abendvortrag: Digital Benin: Looting, Provenance and Art Market Patterns
📅 26. Mai, 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr
💻 online, https://tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62192214002?pwd=GA9fIdjSWevmr40ge0QTv91PqE9YKy.1&utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=SODa%40fedihum.org
In diesem Vortrag stellt Dr. Felicity Bodenstein das Projekt Digital Benin vor, das einen umfassenden Zugang zum kulturellen Erbe bietet. Es verdeutlicht die Komplexität der Provenienzforschung für diese geraubten Objekte & zeigt Lücken in der Dokumentation auf.
#ProvenanceResearch #LootedArt

🟠 Abendvortrag: Digital Benin: Looting, Provenance and Art Market Patterns
📅 26. Mai, 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr
💻 online, https://tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62192214002?pwd=GA9fIdjSWevmr40ge0QTv91PqE9YKy.1&utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=SODa%40fedihum.org
In diesem Vortrag stellt Dr. Felicity Bodenstein das Projekt Digital Benin vor, das einen umfassenden Zugang zum kulturellen Erbe bietet. Es verdeutlicht die Komplexität der Provenienzforschung für diese geraubten Objekte & zeigt Lücken in der Dokumentation auf.
#ProvenanceResearch #LootedArt

🟠 Abendvortrag: Digital Benin: Looting, Provenance and Art Market Patterns
📅 26. Mai, 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr
💻 online, https://tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62192214002?pwd=GA9fIdjSWevmr40ge0QTv91PqE9YKy.1&utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=SODa%40fedihum.org
In diesem Vortrag stellt Dr. Felicity Bodenstein das Projekt Digital Benin vor, das einen umfassenden Zugang zum kulturellen Erbe bietet. Es verdeutlicht die Komplexität der Provenienzforschung für diese geraubten Objekte & zeigt Lücken in der Dokumentation auf.
#ProvenanceResearch #LootedArt

🟠 Abendvortrag: Digital Benin: Looting, Provenance and Art Market Patterns
📅 26. Mai, 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr
💻 online, https://tu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/62192214002?pwd=GA9fIdjSWevmr40ge0QTv91PqE9YKy.1&utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=SODa%40fedihum.org
In diesem Vortrag stellt Dr. Felicity Bodenstein das Projekt Digital Benin vor, das einen umfassenden Zugang zum kulturellen Erbe bietet. Es verdeutlicht die Komplexität der Provenienzforschung für diese geraubten Objekte & zeigt Lücken in der Dokumentation auf.
#ProvenanceResearch #LootedArt