Events:
Basel, September 29-30, 2009
- Prague Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets
- Prague Conference website
- Selected Papers:
- Amb. J.D. Bindenagel, Washington Principles After Ten Years
- Monica Dugot, Christie's, Restitution and the Art Market―Combining Business and Morals
- Lucian Simmons, Sotheby's. Just and Fair Solutions in the Commercial Marketplace
- Sophie Lillie, Vienna. The Backlash Against Claimants
- Lawrence M. Kaye and Amalia Sax-Bolder, June 2009 in Prague: The Washington Holocaust Era Conference Revisited
- Stuart E. Eizenstat Named head of U.S. Delegation
June 26-30, 2009
Prague and Terezín
- Conference of the International Union of Attorneys: Art and the Law
- Conference Program
- Charles A. Goldstein, Restitution of Holocaust-Era Looted Art: The Washington Conference (1998), An Overview
- Michela Cocchi, Restitution of Holocaust-Era Looted Art: The Italian Experience
May 7-9, 2009
Málaga, Picasso Museum
- Conference of the Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM)
- Presentation: The Holocaust and Museum Ethics, written by Charles A. Goldstein and Frank K. Lord IV
February 2009
Venue: New York City
"Provenance Research and CAJM Leadership: Not an Option, An
Imperative", February 4, 2009
- Taking responsibility
Nazi-looted Art - a challenge for Libraries, Archives and Museums - Restitution or Renationalization: The Herzog and Hatvany Cases in Hungary, written by: Agnes Peresztegi
- Regina Moench, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 15, 2008, “The Moral dispute is beside the point” (English translation)
Symposium: December 11-12, 2008
Berlin, Germany
September 14-15, 2008
Paris, FR
February 8-9, 2008
Langdell Hall, South Classroom
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, Massachusetts
EVENTS
The Commission for Art Recovery helps to provide opportunities for attorneys, academics, and interested professionals to discuss best practices in the efforts to spur restitution. We organize, co-sponsor and participate in national and international lectures and conferences.
In late June 2009, just a little more than ten years after the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Assets, representatives of 46 nations met in Prague, Czech Republic, to discuss developments, changes and recommendations on how to meet the challenges of recovering art and cultural objects looted during the time from Hitler's rise in 1933 to the end of World War II. Holocaust education and remembrance were also prime subjects at the conference, as were immovable assets. The US Delegation was chaired by Stuart Eizenstat, and the Commission for Art Recovery's counsel; his remarks are provided in a link at the left. Charles A. Goldstein, chaired a session (Sunday morning, June 28, 2009) on Legal Issues featuring experts from Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Prague Conference issued two statements that can be read on its website: the Joint Declaration and the Terezín Declaration at http://www.holocausteraassets.eu/press/press-releases/. The conference's website provides many official documents; we are adding texts of several speakers' talks.
In February 2008, Harvard Law School hosted a two-day symposium on the subject of spoils of war and the legal framework of Russian cultural property. The participants explored the historical context and legal grounds for claims in favor of and against using art works and other cultural heritage objects as items for compensation in kind. The event was open to the public.
Representatives of the Commission for Art Recovery also participated in meetings in Paris and in Berlin and helped plan and a symposium sponsored by the Institute of Art and Law in London in June 2008. The program for an upcoming meeting in Basel is now provided.