Commission for Art Recovery

April 26, 2011

The Herzog paintings—so close, and yet so far.

You might recall that in July 2010, the Commission for Art Recovery (CAR) filed a lawsuit in an American Federal Court against the government of the […]
May 10, 2011

More on restitution in postwar Italy

Renewed attention is being given to the scope and breadth of objects of art plundered by the Nazis and their allies which entered the art market […]
November 2, 2011

Confessions of an art looting “expert” (II)

Here’s a question: How did I get here? Well, I will do my best to answer this impudent query of mine. Main Gate at BirkenauSource: Wikipedia My […]
July 1, 2013

It has been 15 years since that fateful year of 1998: what do we have in 2013?

The American government prefers to let the market decide on what is fair and just for Holocaust victims of cultural plunder. European governments are loath to […]
August 31, 2015

A small tribute to Charles Goldstein

Charles Goldstein by Marc Masurovsky Charles Goldstein, counsel to the Commission for Art Recovery and Ronald Lauder’s attorney, died on July 30, 2015. He was 78 […]
November 6, 2019

Restitution is an elite sport

by Marc Masurovsky The post-1945 years have shown that State intervention in the treatment of restitution claims arising from wholesale plunder of Jewish-owned property ensured that […]