by Marc Masurovsky Art is a commodity which can be traded like widgets. On January 17, 1944, a French company called “Compensex” [Compagnie commerciale d’exportation et […]
by Marc Masurovsky Stranger things have happened regarding works of art with no written pasts that end up in a world-class museum like New York City’s […]
by Marc Masurovsky A recent spat is opposing some historians and museum scholars to a decision by Edinburgh University to return nine skulls to Sri Lanka […]
by Marc Masurovsky Since the first Holocaust memorial was built in Europe, soon followed by dozens of others, the story line that these venerable institutions have […]
by Marc Masurovsky Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, special envoy on Holocaust affairs for the US Department of State, was one of the most prominent speakers at the […]
by Marc Masurovsky [Editor’s note: This is the second part of a three-part delivery on the November 15, 2019, Paris colloquium to celebrate 20 years of […]
by Marc Masurovsky [Editor’s note: This is the first of three articles on the November 15, 2019, one-day colloquium convened by the CIVS in Paris, France] […]
by Marc Masurovsky The past two decades have witnessed hundreds of restitution cases whose purpose is to reclaim the return of objects looted during the Nazi […]
by Marc Masurovsky MA-AEGY 1, front MA-AEGY 1 This Torso is one of the more stunning Egyptian antiquities looted by the Nazis and their French collaborators […]