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We report on the latest developments in provenance research and on projects funded by the Foundation, as well as offering details of important new publications, exhibitions and conferences and reporting on restitutions. Feel free to send in interesting news relating to the field of provenance research to presse@kulturgutverluste.de

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Library of German Lost Art Foundation
Colonial contexts
The Department Cultural Goods and Collections from Colonial Contexts of the German Lost Art Foundation presents its activities and funding opportunities on August 15, 2024.
Oil painting
Nazi-looted cultural property
Oil painting from Mainz State Museum to be handed over on 11 July.
People in front of a showcase with open books
Nazi-looted cultural property
Mainz State Museum and the municipal authorities of Mainz have returned two works that were confiscated under National Socialism.
Thumbnail of the looting of cultural goods and collections in colonial contexts
Nazi-looted cultural property
Colonial contexts
Soviet zone / GDR
The German Lost Art Foundation has made three more videos available on important topics in the field of provenance research – for free download from this website.
Four people, a Buddha head in the middle
Nazi-looted cultural property
Museum am Rothenbaum has returned an object looted under National Socialism which belonged to Berlin art collector Johanna Ploschitzki.
Card index box
Nazi-looted cultural property
The Albert Ottenbacher Fellowship at the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich supports research projects on provenance research.
Several people in front of a cultural object
Nazi-looted cultural property
Museumsverband Thüringen e. V. presents the results of two “First Check” projects.
Expressionist painting
Nazi-looted cultural property
The painting Erich Heckel and Otto Mueller Playing Chess is to remain in the museum, the community of heirs will receive compensation.
Symbolic image inventory list with magnifying glass
Nazi-looted cultural property
Colonial contexts
Wartime losses
Soviet zone / GDR
Registration deadline for certificate course at FU Berlin is 16 August 2024
Cover Technisches Kulturgut
Nazi-looted cultural property
Colonial contexts
Wartime losses
Soviet zone / GDR
Sandstein Verlag has published Provenienzforschung zu Handel und Entzug [Provenance Research on Trade and Confiscation].