Monuments Men

February 19, 2011

What does it take? Speech in preparation for delivery at the Jewish Museum of Florida in Miami Beach on Sunday 20 February 2011

by Marc Masurovsky Last December, Miami Beach hosted a massive art bash called Art Basel Miami Beach. Everyone and anyone who was anyone showed up for […]
January 20, 2014

Time for a reckoning with the Cornelius/Hildebrand Gurlitt saga—Part One

GurlittSource: the week.co.uk Now that we are barely three weeks into 2014, the unfolding of the Gurlitt saga has turned into an international circus, one part […]
June 9, 2014

Belated open letter to the “New Republic”

Leon Wieseltier, Literary Editor of The New Republic, Source: Brandeis University by Marc J. Masurovsky Why did it take so long for the “New Republic” to […]
June 10, 2014

The Real Monuments Men—and Women

by Elizabeth Karlsgodt, Associate Professor of History, University of Denver Elizabeth KarlsgodtSource: University of Denver, Arts Humanities & Social Sciences George Clooney’s latest film, The Monuments […]
June 16, 2014

Provenance research—now and later (Third Installment)

In the spirit of an on-going “think-aloud” pertaining to the nature of provenance research and the art restitution movement, here are some additional thoughts for discussion. […]
November 23, 2019

Diplomatic highs and lows in Paris

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 […]