At 840 minutes, “exergue - on documenta 14” exhaustively chronicles all that went right and wrong with Adam Szymczyk’s edition of Documenta in Kassel and Athens, though the actual art gets surprisingly little screen time
Kornfeld died last year, shortly before turning 100
New panel is to find “fair and just solutions” for disputed works in museums
Recent legislation requires institutions to label works they display that was stolen by the Nazis, but some are still unwilling to publish their provenance research
Ice Skating by Adam van Breen was acquired by Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command, and bequeathed to the city of Trier’s museum in 1987
Kunstmuseum Bern announces results of in-depth provenance investigation of controversial 2014 bequest
Proposals include eliminating statutes of limitation for claims, creating a central court for cases and strengthening the advisory commission
Collection of the lawyer and collector Armand Isaac Dorville was sold after his death in an estate sale that the state argues was not forced
The musical scene was seized by the Gestapo in 1939 from Henri Hinrichsen, who died at Auschwitz
Two paintings by Jean-Louis Forain were discovered in Cornelius Gurlitt’s trove; the third work, by Constantin Guys, was restituted by another family member
National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo agrees to buy the painting, Ships at Sea in Stormy Weather
Pioneering agreement to share contested work from Gurlitt trove provides a roadmap for similar legal cases
Restitution discussions with descendants of Jewish owner are underway
Lentos Kunstmuseum in Linz confronts the legacy of its controversial first director, cousin of Hildebrand Gurlitt
Painter’s descendants reach agreement with Kunstmuseum Bern, which has been acknowledged as the rightful owner of La Montagne Sainte-Victoire
Organisers hope two shows will lead to restitution claims from victims of Nazi persecution
Portrait by Thomas Couture belonged to a French politician who opposed the Nazis
Commissioned works will explore Nazi loot and "riddle of German history"
Four art works from the controversial collection have now been returned to the families of their original owners
Bern to focus on “degenerate” art while Bonn focuses on Nazi looting in show that will move on to Berlin