Preliminary program of the 2024 annual meeting now online
The preliminary program for our annual meeting in Amsterdam from 9-10 September 2024 is now available on the conference website. Furthermore, the reduced tickets for Arbeitskreis members are virtually sold out, but tickets at the regular price are still available as of today (6 June 2024). For the excursions on…
Amsterdam 2024
Registration for our annual meeting in Amsterdam, which will take place this year in cooperation with the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, the Joods Culturel Kwartier and Sotheby’s as part of the Looted / Beroofd symposium on September 9-10 in Amsterdam, is now open via the event website. Details regarding the program etc….
Press Release: 6th International Provenance Research Day 2024. Researching origin in museums, libraries and archives
On the 10 April 2024, the international Provenance Research Day will take place for the sixth time. So far, more than 100 cultural institutions in Germany, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic and the USA have registered to take part (state of 2 April 2024). This year, museums, libraries and…
Anneke de Rudder receives Obermayer Award
Our member Anneke de Rudder is one of the winners of this year’s Obermayer Award: Press release from Widen the Circle Congratulations from us! The board of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung
Statement on the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel
As a research network, the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung e.V. is committed to free, interconnected and transnational research that opposes racism, antisemitism, persecution, war and violence, as well as the looting, displacement and destruction of cultural property. The condemnable terrorist attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023 leaves us stunned. Our thoughts…
Obituary of Leonhard Weidinger
Leo Weidinger at the 2018 meeting of the Arbeitskreis in Berlin We are deeply mourning the loss of our friend, colleague and former chairman of the board Mag. Leonhard Weidinger, who passed away on September 22, 2023 after a long and valiant fight against his serious illness. “If museums would…