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May 30, 2011

Analysis of an address by Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat at Prague in June 2009

On June 27, 2009, US Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat spoke the following words to the assembled participants at the Prague Holocaust Era Assets Conference: “Like the […]
August 8, 2011

Krakow (May 2009), Prague (June 2009), and beyond (2009-2011): Anything new?

In mid-May 2009, a dozen individuals from the United States and Europe, mostly lawyers, one historian, and several representatives of the art market, met in a […]
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 […]
November 22, 2012

Workshop des Programms zur Schulung in der Provenienzforschung

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, es ist mir eine Freude den zweiten Workshop des Programms zur Schulung in der Provenienzforschung (Provenance Research Training Program, PRTP) anzukündigen, […]
July 1, 2013

In praise of future collaborative endeavors through provenance research training workshops

Preparations are currently under way to organize a third provenance research training workshop (the first two were in Magdeburg, Germany, and in Zagreb, Croatia) under the […]
February 23, 2015

Provenance research: what to do?

by Marc Masurovsky The fault lines around contrasting views and understandings of provenance research resurfaced during the international conference on looted art that took place on […]
March 18, 2015

An opinion piece: An epitaph for provenance research training?

by Marc Masurovsky According to the most recent TEFAF Art Market survey, the global art market has exceeded 51 billion euros in value for 2014. Half […]
April 6, 2015

Provenance was optional at 2015 TEFAF in Maastricht

by Angelina Giovani The 28th edition of the European Fine Arts Fair, TEFAF, closed its doors on March 22, 2015, in Maastricht. It welcomed 75,000 visitors […]
May 23, 2018

Provenance research: what to do?

by Marc Masurovsky The fault lines around contrasting views and understandings of provenance research might appear to be subtle to the uninitiated but, in reality, the […]