October 19, 2013

From Outside Neolithic Walls: It’s a Matter of Scale and Resources

Participants attending PRTP-Zagreb from March 10-15, 2013Source: Holocaust Art Restitution Project by Martin Terrazas, co-posting with ARCAblog This is in response to several messages in the […]
June 16, 2014

Provenance research—now and later (First installment)

This “think-aloud” is neither the first nor the last on a topic that has become, despite its innocuous phrasing, far more contentious than it ought to […]
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. […]
July 20, 2014

Book Review: Risk and Uncertainty in the Art World

co-posted with ARCAblog Detail of Mark Wagner’s Currency College of the Mona LisaSource: DesignBoom Risk and Uncertainty in the Art World (ISBN: 9781472902924) is a notable attempt […]
February 13, 2015

Provenance research workshop in New York City, April 16-17, April 23-24, April 30-May 1, 2015

by Marc Masurovsky Should it be viewed as a “miracle”? Not really. How hard is it to organize an event such as a provenance research workshop? […]
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 […]
February 28, 2015

Provenance research: let’s get real

by Marc Masurovsky The din grows ever stronger in conferences, symposia, seminars, blogs, social media, museums, government agencies, whereby provenance research is a necessity, a duty. […]
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 […]
April 18, 2015

Current state of affairs in the United States (not pretty) as of April 18, 2015

by Marc Masurovsky Legislative battles (past and on-going): The organized American museum community failed in its second attempt in as many years to get the Congress […]