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Merkel Hints at Putting Gurlitt Lists Online, Calls for Special Tribunal Are Made

Posted in Gurlitt Collection, Restitution, World War II

Catherine Hickley reports from Berlin that the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel is looking into ways to put lists and/or photographs online concerning the Cornelius Gurlitt seizure of roughly 1,400 paintings with connections to Nazi looting.  This followed heavy complaints in the first days of the revelation, that the government had failed to identify what… Continue Reading

ARCA Recaps Fifth Annual Art Crime Conference

Posted in Cultural Property, Events

The blog of ARCA, the Association for Research into Crimes Against Art, has been running a series of recaps of the June conference in Amelia, Italy at which I was a presenter this past year.  The summary of my panel is here (which also included Jerker Rydén and Joris Kila), moderated by Judge Arthur Tompkins, a… Continue Reading

Blogs to Read and Support

Posted in Blogs

The ABA Journal is conducting its annual poll of the best 100 blogs.  For arts and the law, the blogs I read the most are below.  If you are a blog reader, consider casting a vote.  We are all engaged in a great conversation, and your voice matters to what we write.  If nothing else,… Continue Reading

Presentation to the 5th Annual ARCA Art Crime Conference June 21-23, 2013

Posted in Cultural Property, Foreign Sovereign Immunities, Restitution, World War II

I will be speaking at the 5th annual Art Crime Conference held by ARCA (Association for Research into Crimes Against Art) in Amelia, Italy between June 21-23, 2013.  My talk will address Holocaust restitution litigation in the United States, similar to the paper I gave in Maastricht in March but covering important more recent developments as… Continue Reading