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Why People Need Stones
26.05.2016 - Pictures of the destruction of Palmyra, a world heritage site, have made the need for cultural heritage protection clear to all. Markus Hilgert, Director of the Vorderasiatisches…
The "Nefertiti Hack" – Is It a Hoax?
09.03.2016 - In the art intervention The Other Nefertiti, two artists have published a 3D model of the bust of Nefertiti online – because, they say, the bust and its data are not accessible.…
The Simons – A Journey of Discovery
23.02.2016 - One of the Foundation’s greatest patrons was James Simon. His great-granddaughter, an award-winning American filmmaker, wants to learn more, and to tell her family's forgotten…
Getting to the Bottom of Art: Works by Caspar David Friedrich, Layer by Layer
22.01.2016 - The Alte Nationalgalerie has undertaken a thorough restoration of the paintings Monk by the Sea and The Abbey in the Oakwood. Ina Reiche, head of the Rathgen-Forschungslabor,…
ICOM and SPK present German Version of the Red List of Iraqi Cultural Objects at Risk
13.01.2016 - ICOM has updated its Emergency Red List of Iraqi Cultural Objects at Risk. On January 14, 2016, the German version will be presented at the Archäologisches Zentrum of the…
SPK welcomes recommendation of the Advisory Commission on the Welfenschatz restitution request
20.03.2014 - The Advisory Commission chaired by Prof. Jutta Limbach that handles issues concerning the return of cultural artifacts confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution today…
Restitution Request “Welfenschatz”
13.01.2014 - The 42 objects of the so-called Welfenschatz (Guelph Treasure) in the Kunstgewerbemuseum (Museum of Decorative Arts) have been the subject of a restitution request since April…