After decades of studying restitution efforts — failures and successes, in 2024, the Center embarked on a systematic study (assessing, gathering, and contextualizing) of information regarding art displaced during WWII and began organizing its findings in an interactive manner through a timeline, providing a visual representation of the journey towards restitution in each case.
Take a look at the discussion between the Center’s Founder Irina Tarsis, attorney, heir and director Peter Toren and Amanda Buonaiuto, project lead for the Looted Art Reserch Database. We were honored to be joined by Richard Aronowitz, Global Head of Restitution @ Christie’s to discuss the importance of Nazi-era looted art provenance research.
The Center’s work and Amanda’s findings already demonstrate the potential of cross-referencing data from multiple publicly available databases and archives for research and educational purposes and how it can be accessed interactively by a broader group of users.
Realizing that looting of art and cultural property expands outside 1933-1945 period, the Center is also working on a list of cases involving looted antiquities and colonial looted art claims.
If you would like to get involved or support our efforts, visit our site, help us develop new tools!
Recording of the Lecture
