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Here you will find current news from the field of provenance research and on projects funded by the German Lost Art Foundation – whether new publications, exhibitions or restitutions. We also provide details of important events.

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Headquarters of the German Lost Art Foundation
The Board of the German Lost Art Foundation has appointed Professor Dr. Meike Hopp as the Foundation’s new Executive Chair.
Ausschnitt eines Buchcovers
The German Lost Art Foundation has published volume 4 of the "Provenire" series.

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Library of German Lost Art Foundation
The German Lost Art Foundation invites you to the next event within the series "Kolloquium Provenienzforschung" on 14 July 2025.
Pissarro painting surrounded by eight people
Kunsthalle agrees on just and fair solution with heir of persecuted Jewish owner.
Research team examines object
Löbbecke Museum presents findings from research project.
Library of German Lost Art Foundation
The German Lost Art Foundation invites you to the next event within the series "Kolloquium Provenienzforschung" on 28 April 2025.
Detail of the title page with an ownership stamp
Herzog August Library returns volume from the private library of Benny Mielziner.
Historical inventory maps of the Landesmuseum Oldenburg
The international awareness day will take place for the seventh time this year.
inventory book
At the 22nd top-level meeting on cultural policy, the federal government, federal states and leading municipal associations signed an administrative agreement establishing an arbitration mechanism for Nazi-looted art.
The painting Young Man Reading by Bernhard Pankok
The work Lesender Mann [Man Reading] belonged to Jewish tobacco merchant Max Rosenfeld.
Book cover
The German Lost Art Foundation presents the fifth volume in its publication series Provenire – a collection of fictional cases involving Nazi-looted art, law and ethics. Book launch on 10 April 2025 in Bonn