Laurel Zuckerman

March 29, 2025

Laurel Zuckerman‘s work currently focuses on the art world and the Holocaust. She explores how linked open data, natural language processing, network analysis and the digital tools and techniques of investigative data journalism can be used to identify patterns in false provenances in Nazi-looted art and duress sales. In 2016, after twelve years of research, she filed a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the restitution of Picasso’s The Actor.

Zuckerman previously worked in corporate IT projects as a superuser, project manager and solutions expert specializing in SAP supply chain systems. She is the author of two books published by Fayard, including the acclaimed “tragi-comedy” Sorbonne Confidential. She is a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors.