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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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Chair from Cameroon
The Linden-Museum Stuttgart and the German Lost Art Foundation initiate a research project in five ethnographic collections.
Library of German Lost Art Foundation
The German Lost Art Foundation invites you to the next event within the series "Kolloquium Provenienzforschung" on 15 September 2025.
open book with handwritten references to the owner
Voltaire’s biography of the Swedish king Charles XII is now with Lemke’s descendants in New York.
Bronze relief plate
Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Mannheim initiate steps towards transfer of ownership and possible restitutions.
Oil painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1858, showing children returning home.
A painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller has been handed over to the heirs of Grete Klein.
The Gouaffo couple presents the certificate of honor.
The DAAD honours Cameroonian Germanist for his achievements.
Painting by Anton Kaulbachshows a little girl portrait
The museums association of Hesse and the municipal museums in Bad Wildungen and Eschwege have successfully completed a joint provenance research project.
Files and inventory lists, top view
Provenance research is to be continued, the rightful owners identified, and the objects restituted.
Two women are looking at a list. The person on the left is wearing a white protective glove and is holding a pencil, pointing to a line.
Evidence of possible Nazi-looted art was identified in two of the six museums examined.