Jewish Heritage
“The Jewish people should be heirs to heirless art” says Knesset member, as plans are made to return Nazi-loot to rightful owners
Christie’s and Sotheby’s to help with provenance research projects
Much piety and hot air at Washington Conference on Holocaust Era Assets
No binding agreements were reached and little effect on restitution is expected
Austria makes legal amends by passing a bill ensuring restitution
Works acquired in a “suspicious manner” will begin to be returned at once
Jewish family loses out to Louvre over WWII spoliation case
After an emergency ruling, the Louvre retains five Italian paintings that were salvaged after the war and the aggrieved Gentili family must now await appeal. Meanwhile, the Musée national d’art moderne has approved the return of more works
Probing provenance: The importance of due diligence and insurance for defective title
The recent, widely publicised dispute over the provenance of two paintings by Egon Schiele, withdrawn last year from a loan exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art on the grounds of contested ownership, offered a vivid illustration of the problems facing museums and private collectors who may find themselves having to prove good title to their possessions
An interim report comes from "Spoils of War" symposium
A survey touching all the bases: losses, recoveries, legal debates, cultural restitution
Phillips moves into Judaica sales in New York
A difficult market now centred on Israel and Amsterdam
Christie’s takes on sale of Jewish loot
900 works of art looted from Vienna’s Jewish community and stored in a monastery since 1955 to be sold on its behalf - It may be a PR nightmare for the auctioneers
Walter Goetz, cartoonist, collector and friend of The Art Newspaper dies
Contributor to Vogue, Harpers and Punch amongst others